Isaiah 48:17-18 ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:18

The blessings of obedience. "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." What might have been! How often we reproach ourselves with thinking over the "might have beens"! How searching it is to find God helping us regretfully to realize what might have been (comp. Psalms 81:13-16 )! "Peace" and "righteousness" here both stand as terms to express "prosperity," that best of prosperities which comes as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:18

Christ's peace and righteousness. Illustrating the meditative and spiritualizing method of treating prophetic Scripture, the following outline, after R. M. McCheyne, is given. I. THEIR PEACE WOULD HAVE BEEN AS A RIVER . 1 . It has a source. It begins at the fountain of Christ's blood. 2 . It is fed from above. Rains and showers feed the rivers. The shower of grace feeds the rivers of peace. 3 . It has inundations, as the Nile. An awakening providence often makes... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:17

Thy Redeemer - (see the notes at Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 43:1).Which teacheth thee to profit - Teaching you what things will most conduce to your welfare. The reference hero is chiefly to the afflictions which they suffered in Babylon.Which leadeth thee - I am thy conductor and guide. God taught them, as he does his people now, by his Providence, his revealed word, and his Spirit, the way in which they ought to go. It is one of his characteristics that he is the guide and director of his people. read more

Albert Barnes

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

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 should sin, and that these judgments should come upon them. The doctrine taught here is, that God greatly prefers that people should keep his laws. He does not desire that they should be sinners, or that they should be punished. It was so with regard to the Jews; and it is so with regard to all. In all... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 48:17-19

Isaiah 48:17-19. 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 thee, both for this life and that to come; so that it is not my fault, but thine own, if thou dost not profit: which leadeth thee, &c. Who acquainteth thee with thy duty in all the concerns of thy life, so that thou canst not pretend ignorance. O that thou hadst hearkened, ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-22

The past and the future (48:1-22)Before returning to their homeland, the people are reminded of the sins that led the nation into captivity. They must not repeat former errors. The people’s chief failing was that they honoured God with their words but not with their conduct (48:1-2). Knowing their tendency towards idolatry, God gave his people advance revelations of his will, to prevent them from turning to idols for guidance. But they still stubbornly rejected his teaching (3-5).Nevertheless,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 48:17

the Holy One of Israel. See note on Isaiah 1:4 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 48:18

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. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 48:17

"Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 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: thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof (of the sand): his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me."This is a remarkable expostulation... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:17

17. teacheth . . . to profit—by affliction, such as the Babylonish captivity, and the present long-continued dispersion of Israel ( :-). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:17

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 48:17-19

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 48:17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 48:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 48:17

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:17

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