Isaiah 48:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: ”

Isaiah 48:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O that thou hadst heardened to my commandments! - This expresses the earnest wish and desire of God. He would greatly have preferred that they should have kept his law. He had no wish that they s...
Isaiah 48:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Had Israel but Obeyed Yahweh! This is a later passage, looking forward to a grey future far other than the glowing picture painted by Isaiah 48:2 Is. Yahweh saith, I am thy God, O Israel, and wou...
Isaiah 48:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

O that thou hadst, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 5:29 ), Compare Psalms 81:13 . Note Figure of speech App-6 and App-92. peace . well-being, or prosperity. a . the.
Isaiah 48:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. O if thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! As the people might complain of being carried into captivity, the Prophet, intending to meet those murmurs, points out the cause, which w...
Isaiah 48:18 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 948 GOD’S TENDER CONCERN FOR HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 48:17-18 . Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God, which teacheth thee to profit, which leadet...
Isaiah 48:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: As a river "Like the river" - That is, the Euphrates.
Isaiah 48:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: Then had thy peace been as a river - ( Psalms 119:165 .) Com...
Isaiah 48:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Let the Exiles trust in Jehovah, and come out of Babylon 1-11. Jehovah's purpose will be executed, but not for Israel's merit. 12-22. Let Israel recognise His leading in the course of history,...
Isaiah 48:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then had thy peace been as a river. — Literally, “as the river,” i.e., the Euphrates, which for the Babylonian exiles was a natural standard of comparison. “Righteousness,” as elsewhere, includ...
Isaiah 48:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13 ; Isaiah 47:1-15 ; Isaiah 48:1-22 CHAPTER IX FOUR POINTS OF A TRUE RELIGION Isaiah 43:1-28 - Isaiah 48:1-22 WE have now surveyed the...
Isaiah 48:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“A Light to the Gentiles” Isaiah 48:17-22 ; Isaiah 49:1-13 The first division of this second part of Isaiah closes at Isaiah 48:22 , with the phrase there is no peace to the wicked . The sec...
Isaiah 48:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter constitutes the last section of the division dealing with the purpose of peace. It is a great appeal to the people. It first describes Jehovah's methods (verses Isa 48:1-11). He has had...
Isaiah 48:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How gracious the preface to all these sweet promises; and how sure they become, in the name of the great Promiser! Reader! let it be our earnest study and delight to come under the teaching of this a...
Isaiah 48:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ,.... Which the Jews did not, but slighted and despised them, and were not obedient to them. So, in the times of Christ, they disregarded his doctrines...
Isaiah 48:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: Ver. 18. Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments. ] See t...
Isaiah 48:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I am the Lord, which teacheth thee to profit Who from time to time has made known to thee all necessary and useful doctrines, which, if observed by thee, would have been infinitely profitable to th...
Isaiah 48:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Encouragement to God's People. B. C. 708. 16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I hav...
Isaiah 48:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! the failure hath not been on my part, but on thine: I gave thee my counsels and commands, but thou hast neglected and disobeyed them, and that to thy...
Isaiah 48:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 48 The Unprepared State of Israel/Judah. Babylon, and its final fate, has just been described, but the very idea has turned Isaiah's attention on Israel. It has put Israel under the micros...
Isaiah 48:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE UNITY OF THE GODHEAD Isaiah 48:16 . Come ye near Me, hear ye this, &c. [1483] [1483] Some refer this whole verse to Isaiah (Kimchi, Hitzig, Knobel), and many the second clause of it alon...
Isaiah 48:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 48:1 . Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God...
Isaiah 48:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 48:1 . Which swear by the name of the Lord, who resents all false swearing to his covenant. Isaiah 48:3 . I have declared the former things. The Messiah continues here to be the speaker...
Isaiah 48:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thus saith the Lord thy Redeemer The “I am’s” of God and of man How beautiful and impressive are the “I am’s” of God; so different from the proud and empty boastings clearly discernible in the...
Isaiah 48:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The present chapter, which terminates the second section of Isaiah's later prophecies, consists of a long address by God to his people, partly in the way of complaint, partly of combi...
Isaiah 48:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Urgent Invitation to Believe the Lord's Word
Isaiah 48:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 5:24 ; Deuteronomy 32:29 ; Deuteronomy 5:29 ; Isaiah 32:15-18 ; Isaiah 66:12 ; Luke 19:41 ; Luke 19:42 ; Matthew 23:37 ; Psalms 119:165 ; Psalms 36:8 ; Psalms 81:13-16 ; Romans 14:17...
Isaiah 48:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As the waves — Infinite and continual.

Isaiah 48:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 48:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 48:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 48:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 48:18 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 48:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 48:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 48:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 48:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 48:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 48:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 48:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 48:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 48:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 48:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 48:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 48:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 48:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 48:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 48:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 48:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 48:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 48:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 48:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 48:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 48:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 48:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes