For the majestic one, our Lord, will be there, a place of rivers and broad streams where ships that are rowed will not go, and majestic vessels will not pass.
Isaiah 48:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If only you had paid attention to my commands. Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Oh, that you had hearkened to My commandments! Then your peace and prosperity would have been like a flowing river, and your righteousness [the holiness and purity of the nation] like the [abundant] waves of the sea. American Standard Version (1901) 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: Common English Bible If you would pay attention to my commands, your well-being would be like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. Catholic Public Domain Version If only you had paid attention to my commandments! Your peace would have been like a river, and your justice would have been like the waves of the sea, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea, |
For the majestic one, our Lord, will be there, a place of rivers and broad streams where ships that are rowed will not go, and majestic vessels will not pass.
Who gave Jacob to the robber, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord? Have we not sinned against him? They were not willing to walk in his ways, and they would not listen to his instruction.
‘Heavens, sprinkle from above, and let the skies shower righteousness. Let the earth open up so that salvation will sprout and righteousness will spring up with it. I, the Lord, have created it.
Then all your children will be taught by the Lord, their prosperity will be great,
I rejoice greatly in the Lord, I exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a groom wears a turban and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For as the earth produces its growth, and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
I will not keep silent because of Zion, and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, and her salvation like a flaming torch.
For this is what the Lord says: I will make peace flow to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flood; you will nurse and be carried on her hip and bounced on her lap.
Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love; break up your unploughed ground. It is time to seek the Lord until he comes and sends righteousness on you like the rain.
But let justice flow like water, and righteousness like an unfailing stream.
‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
If only they were wise, they would comprehend this; they would understand their fate.
If only they had such a heart to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that they and their children would prosper for ever.