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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:

O that {H3863} thou hadst hearkened {H7181} to my commandments {H4687}! then had thy peace {H7965} been as a river {H5104}, and thy righteousness {H6666} as the waves {H1530} of the sea {H3220}:

If only you would heed my mitzvot! Then your peace would flow on like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

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

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 5:29 (14 votes)

    O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

  • Isaiah 66:12 (13 votes)

    For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon [her] sides, and be dandled upon [her] knees.

  • Psalms 81:13 (11 votes)

    Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!

  • Psalms 81:16 (11 votes)

    He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

  • Deuteronomy 32:29 (10 votes)

    O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!

  • Psalms 119:165 (10 votes)

    ¶ Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

  • Luke 19:41 (8 votes)

    ¶ And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,