Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

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.

O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,

Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;