Isaiah 48:18

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Isaiah 48:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.

17 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.

18 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.

19 Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”

20 Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”

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Deuteronomy 5:29

If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

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If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

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If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

Psalms 81:14

how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

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Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.

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But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

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As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

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and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

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until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

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Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

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The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

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Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.

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For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.

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They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

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Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.

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But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

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For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.