Yesaya 30:21

30:21 You ¹  will hear a word spoken behind you, saying,

“This is the correct ²  way, walk in it,”

whether you are heading to the right or the left.

Yesaya 48:17-18

48:17 This is what the Lord, your protector, ³  says,

the Holy One of Israel: ⁴ 

“I am the Lord your God,

who teaches you how to succeed,

who leads you in the way you should go.

48:18 If only you had obeyed my ⁵  commandments,

prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, ⁶ 

deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea. ⁷ 

[30:21]  ¹ tn Heb “your ears” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[30:21]  ² tn The word “correct’ is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[48:17]  ³ tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[48:17]  ⁴ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[48:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “paid attention to” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “had listened to.”

[48:18]  ⁶ 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.

[48:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) probably refers here to divine deliverance from enemies. See v. 19.