48:18 If only you had obeyed my 1 commandments,
prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, 2
deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea. 3
51:15 I am the Lord your God,
who churns up the sea so that its waves surge.
The Lord who commands armies is his name!
57:20 But the wicked are like a surging sea
that is unable to be quiet;
its waves toss up mud and sand.
1 tn Heb “paid attention to” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “had listened to.”
2 tn Heb “like a river your peace would have been.” שָׁלוֹם (shalom) probably refers here to the peace and prosperity which God promised in return for obedience to the covenant.
3 tn Heb “and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) probably refers here to divine deliverance from enemies. See v. 19.