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17 “This is what the Lord says,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:

“I am the Lord your God,
    who teaches you how to succeed,
        who directs you[a] in the path by which[b] you should go.
18 Now[c] if only you had paid attention to my commandments!
    Then your peace would have been like a river,
        and your success like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants would’ve been like the sand,
    and your offspring[d] like its numberless grains.
Their name wouldn’t have been cut off
    or annihilated out of my reach.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:17 1QIsaa misspells this word
  2. Isaiah 48:17 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab 4QIsac 4QIsad MT lack which
  3. Isaiah 48:18 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsac LXX; MT lacks Now
  4. Isaiah 48:19 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read the offspring of your loins

17 This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(A) the Holy One(B) of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
    who teaches(C) you what is best for you,
    who directs(D) you in the way(E) you should go.
18 If only you had paid attention(F) to my commands,
    your peace(G) would have been like a river,(H)
    your well-being(I) like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants(J) would have been like the sand,(K)
    your children like its numberless grains;(L)
their name would never be blotted out(M)
    nor destroyed from before me.”

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