18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
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O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! …
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-22)Here, as before, Jacob and Israel are summoned to hearken to the prophet speaking in God’s name, or rather to God speaking in and by the prophet, and that as a type of the great prophet by whom God has in these last days spoken unto us, and that is sufficient: Come near therefore, and hear this . Note, Those that would hear and understand what God says must come near, and approach to him; let them…
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