...teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldcst go. 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea : • 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring...

...backslidings and unprofitableness, God is most favourably disposed towards his people. " О that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments : then had thy peace been as a river; and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." Surely such language conveys to our minds the feelings of ardent...

...their folly while they liear the Saviour exclaim, in the melting strains of pity, " O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." Many things which we value, and which 'we are solicitous to...

...things, and freedom from calamitous circumstances of every kind. Isa. xlviii. 18, '• O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments. Then had thy peace been as a river ;" that is, then thy wealth and prosperity would have been very great and remarkable. This being a...

...his affectionate j reconci|es us to the frequent demand for ils apostrophe — ' Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, then had thy peace been as a river!' It was that his goodness might have the precedency of his Omnipotence, that he vouchsafed to give the...

...favour. What was said of Israel as a peopk, will apply here to individual experience. " O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments : then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness like the waves of the sea." You hear much of the hidings of God's face. The expression...

...teacheth thee 16 profit, which eadeth Ihee by the way that thou shouldest go. 18 O thai thou hadst atten C'2 ihy righteousness as the waves of the sea : 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring...

...to profit, which leadeth thee f>y the way that tbou shouldest go, 18 O that thou hadst hearkened t* my commandments ' then had thy peace been as a river, and thy right'•»!!-';(•; as tbe waves of the sea : 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring...

...given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. — Isa. xliii. 21 — 24. 27,28. 0 that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ; then had thy peace been as a river, &c. — Isa. xlviii- 18Deut. xxxii. 28—30. Your iniquities have separated between you and your God...

...will?" — This is his own language, " O that there was such a heart in them !" " O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ; then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness like the waves of the sea !" " How often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth...