Isaiah

Isaiah 48:18–19

¹⁸If only you had paid attention to My commandments,

your peace would have been like a river,

and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

¹⁹Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand,

and your offspring as numerous as its grains;^b

their name would never be cut off

or eliminated from My presence.”

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If only	ל֥וּא	lū	Preposition	H3863 if
you had paid attention	הִקְשַׁ֖בְתָּ	hiq·šaḇ·tā	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H7181 incline, attend
to My commandments	לְמִצְוֺתָ֑י	lə·miṣ·wō·ṯāy	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H4687 commandment
your peace	שְׁלוֹמֶ֔ךָ	šə·lō·w·me·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7965 completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
would have been	וַיְהִ֤י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like a river	כַנָּהָר֙	ḵan·nā·hār	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5104 stream, river
and your righteousness	וְצִדְקָתְךָ֖	wə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯə·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6666 righteousness
like waves	כְּגַלֵּ֥י	kə·ḡal·lê	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1530 heap, wave, billow
of the sea	הַיָּֽם׃	hay·yām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Your descendants	זַרְעֶ֔ךָ	zar·‘e·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
would have been	וַיְהִ֤י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
as	כַחוֹל֙	ḵa·ḥō·wl	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2344 sand
and your offspring	וְצֶאֱצָאֵ֥י	wə·ṣe·’ĕ·ṣā·’ê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H6631 issue, offspring, produce
as	כִּמְעֹתָ֑יו	kim·‘ō·ṯāw	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4579 grain
their name	שְׁמ֖וֹ	šə·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H8034 name
would never	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be cut off	יִכָּרֵ֧ת	yik·kā·rêṯ	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3772 cut off, cut down
or eliminated	יִשָּׁמֵ֛ד	yiš·šā·mêḏ	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8045 be exterminated, destroyed
from My presence	מִלְּפָנָֽי׃	mil·lə·p̄ā·nāy	Preposition-m, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6440 face, before

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 48:18 Deuteronomy 5:29 · Psalm 119:165 · Isaiah 66:12 · Psalm 81:13–16 · Deuteronomy 32:29 · Psalm 36:8 · Luke 19:41–42 · Isaiah 45:8 · Isaiah 32:15–18 · Romans 14:17 · Amos 5:24 · Matthew 23:37

Isaiah 48:19 Isaiah 10:22 · Genesis 22:17 · Jeremiah 33:22 · Hosea 1:10 · Romans 9:27

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.