Commentary for Isaiah 48:18
ל֥וּא הִקְשַׁ֖בְתָּ לְמִצְוֺתָ֑י וַיְהִ֤י כַנָּהָר֙ שְׁלוֹמֶ֔ךָ וְצִדְקָתְךָ֖ כְּגַלֵּ֥י הַיָּֽם׃
Oh that thou wouldest hearken to My commandments! Then would thy peace be as a river, And thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;
Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
לוא Oh that. The א is paragogic; comp. ההלכוא that went (Jos. 10:24).
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ויהי Then had been. The ו has here the same meaning as فَ in Arabic.26Comp. I. E. on ver. 7, and on 28:18. Thy peace had been as a river, that does not cease to flow.
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And thy righteousness, etc. And thy righteousness had been continuous as the waves of the sea.
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