Isaiah

Isaiah 48:18

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.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

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

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

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.