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There would have been no need for your destruction, or for cutting off your family name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/48.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants like its grains; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/48.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/48.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your descendants also would have been like the sand, And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand; His name would not have been cut off Nor destroyed from before Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Your descendants would have been like the sand, And your offspring like its grains; Their name would never be eliminated or destroyed from My presence.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/48.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Your descendants would have been like the sand, And your offspring like its grains; Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Your descendants would have been like the sand, And your offspring like its grains; Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your seed would have been like the sand, And the offspring from your loins like its grains; Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Your offspring would have been like the sand, And your descendants [in number] like the grains of sand; Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and the offspring of your body like its grains; their name would not be cut off or eliminated from my presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and the offspring of your body like its grains; their name would not be cut off or eliminated from My presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/48.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your nation would be blessed with more people than there are grains of sand along the seashore. And I would never have let your country be destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/48.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name should not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your descendants would be like sand. Your children would be like its grains. Their names would not be cut off or wiped out in my presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/48.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Your descendants would be as numerous as grains of sand, and I would have made sure they were never destroyed." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/48.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Your descendants would've been like the sand, and your offspring like its numberless grains. Their name wouldn't have been cut off or annihilated out of my reach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/48.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your descendants would have been as numerous as sand, and your children like its granules. Their name would not have been cut off and eliminated from my presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your descendants would have been as the sand, and the offspring of your body like its grains; his name not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like its gravel; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/48.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your offspring also would have been as the sand and the descendants of your body like its grains. His name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And your seed is as sand, "" And the offspring of your bowels as gravel, "" His name would not be cut off nor destroyed before Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And as sand is thy seed, And the offspring of thy bowels as its gravel, Not cut off nor destroyed his name before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thy seed shall be as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels as its bowels; his name shall not be cut off and shall not be destroyed from before me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thy seed had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: his name should not have perished, nor have been destroyed from before my face. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and your offspring would have been like the sand, and the stock from your loins would have been like its stones. His name would not have passed away, nor would it have been worn away before my face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/48.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your descendants like the sand, the offspring of your loins like its grains, Their name never cut off or blotted out from my presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants like its grains; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Your descendants also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of your loins like the gravel thereof; their name would not perish nor be destroyed from before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And your seed was as the sand, and the offspring of your womb as its pebbles, and it would not end, and its name would not be destroyed from before me<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thy seed also would be as the sand, And the offspring of thy body like the grains thereof; His name would not be cut off Nor destroyed from before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thy seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy belly as the dust of the ground: neither now shalt thou by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall thy name perish before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/48-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=10858" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/48.htm">Deliverance Promised to Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>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. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: zar·‘e·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">Your descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">would have been</a> <a href="/hebrew/2344.htm" title="2344: ḵa·ḥō·wl (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Sand. From chuwl; sand.">as countless as the sand,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6631.htm" title="6631: wə·ṣe·’ĕ·ṣā·’ê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- Issue, offspring, produce. From yatsa'; issue, i.e. Produce, children.">and your offspring</a> <a href="/hebrew/4578.htm" title="4578: mê·‘e·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Internal organs, inward parts, belly. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4579.htm" title="4579: kim·‘ō·ṯāw (Prep-k:: N-fpc:: 3ms) -- A grain (of sand). Feminine of me'ah; the belly, i.e. interior.">as numerous as its grains;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">their name</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">would never</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: yik·kā·rêṯ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">be cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: yiš·šā·mêḏ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">or eliminated</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mil·lə·p̄ā·nāy (Prep-m, Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">from My presence.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a></span><br />I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/32-12.htm">Genesis 32:12</a></span><br />But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/13-16.htm">Genesis 13:16</a></span><br />I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a></span><br />And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-10.htm">Deuteronomy 1:10</a></span><br />The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-62.htm">Deuteronomy 28:62</a></span><br />You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-20.htm">1 Kings 4:20</a></span><br />The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Hosea 1:10</a></span><br />Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/72-17.htm">Psalm 72:17</a></span><br />May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-29.htm">Psalm 89:29</a></span><br />I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-36.htm">Psalm 89:36</a></span><br />his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-22.htm">Jeremiah 33:22</a></span><br />As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-27.htm">Romans 9:27</a></span><br />Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Romans 11:1-5</a></span><br />I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. / God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel: / “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">Galatians 3:29</a></span><br />And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Your seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of your bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.</p><p class="hdg">seed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-22.htm">Isaiah 10:22</a></b></br> For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, <i>yet</i> a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/13-16.htm">Genesis 13:16</a></b></br> And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, <i>then</i> shall thy seed also be numbered.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a></b></br> That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which <i>is</i> upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;</p><p class="hdg">his name</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Isaiah 48:9</a></b></br> For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm">Isaiah 9:14</a></b></br> Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22</a></b></br> For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/44-24.htm">Body</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm">Bowels</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-9.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-25.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-19.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-7.htm">End</a> <a href="/psalms/139-18.htm">Grains</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-17.htm">Gravel</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-25.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-17.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Sand</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-14.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-11.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/49-1.htm">Body</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-1.htm">Bowels</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-17.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-1.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-8.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-23.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">End</a> <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Grains</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-16.htm">Gravel</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-2.htm">Sand</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-15.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 48</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/48-1.htm">God, to convince the people of their foreknown obstinance, revealed his prophecies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">He saves them for his own sake</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/48-12.htm">He exhorts them to obedience, because of his power and providence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/48-16.htm">He laments their backwardness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">He powerfully delivers his people out of Babylon</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It signifies the potential for immense growth and blessing that Israel could have experienced had they remained faithful. The imagery of sand suggests an innumerable multitude, emphasizing the vastness of what was promised. This promise is a reminder of God's covenant faithfulness and the blessings tied to obedience.<p><b>and your offspring as numerous as its grains</b><br>The repetition of the imagery of sand reinforces the idea of abundance and prosperity. In the ancient Near Eastern context, large families were seen as a sign of divine favor and blessing. This phrase underscores the missed opportunity for Israel to experience exponential growth and influence. It also reflects the continuity of God's promises through generations, highlighting the importance of legacy and faithfulness in maintaining God's favor.<p><b>their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”</b><br>This part of the verse speaks to the enduring nature of God's covenant with His people. The assurance that their name would not be cut off implies a perpetual relationship with God, contingent on their obedience. In biblical terms, a name represents identity and legacy. Being in God's presence signifies favor, protection, and blessing. This promise is reminiscent of the Davidic covenant in <a href="/2_samuel/7-16.htm">2 Samuel 7:16</a>, where God promises David that his house and kingdom will endure forever. It also foreshadows the eternal nature of the kingdom established through Jesus Christ, who secures an everlasting relationship with God for believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which Isaiah primarily addressed. Judah was often warned by Isaiah about the consequences of their disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/descendants/offspring.htm">Descendants/Offspring</a></b><br>Refers to the people of Israel, God's chosen people, who were promised to be as numerous as the sand if they remained faithful.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, who is speaking through Isaiah, reminding Israel of His promises and the consequences of their actions.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>The agreement between God and Israel, which included promises of blessing for obedience and consequences for disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_and_blessing.htm">Faithfulness and Blessing</a></b><br>God's promises are contingent upon our faithfulness. Just as Israel was promised countless descendants, we are promised spiritual blessings when we remain faithful.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The potential for Israel's name to be "cut off" serves as a warning. Disobedience leads to missed blessings and spiritual decline.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_unchanging_nature.htm">God's Unchanging Nature</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God's promises remain. This assures us of His steadfastness and encourages us to trust in His word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_influence.htm">Legacy and Influence</a></b><br>Our spiritual legacy, like Israel's potential physical legacy, is significant. We are called to live in a way that ensures our faith is passed down to future generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>Even when we stray, God offers hope for restoration. This passage encourages us to return to God and reclaim His promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_48.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 48</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jesus_fulfill_ot_prophecies.htm">How does Jesus fulfill Old Testament prophecies and teachings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_kings_20_9-11__sundial_shadow_reversal.htm">2 Kings 20:9-11: How could the shadow on the sundial move backward without violating the laws of physics?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_kings_trembled_in_psalm_48.htm">Psalm 48:5-6: Is there any historical or scientific evidence that opposing kings literally 'saw and were amazed' to the point of trembling?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_israel's_other_names.htm">What are the different names for Israel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/48.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">Like the gravel thereof.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">as the bowels thereof, i.e., </span>as that within the bowels of the sand, the living creatures that swarm in countless myriads in the sea. The two verses utter the sigh which has come from the heart of all true teachers as they contemplate the actual state of men and compare it with what might have been. (Comp. <a href="/context/deuteronomy/32-29.htm" title="O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!">Deuteronomy 32:29-30</a>; <a href="/luke/19-42.htm" title="Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things which belong to your peace! but now they are hid from your eyes.">Luke 19:42</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thy seed also had been as the sand</span>. Israel, at the close of the Captivity, was "a remnant" (<a href="/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31</a>), a "very small remnant" (<a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9</a>); the ten tribes were for the most part absorbed into the heathen among whom they had been scattered; the two tribes had dwindled in number through the hardships of the Captivity, and were scarcely more than a "handful." Less than fifty thousand returned with Zerubbabel (<a href="/ezra/2-64.htm">Ezra 2:64</a>); less than two thousand males with Ezra (<a href="/ezra/8-2.htm">Ezra 8:2-20</a>). Had Israel not been disobedient, the promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob would have been literally fulfilled, and the descendants of Abraham would have been millions upon millions, instead of being one or two hundred thousand. <span class="cmt_word">The offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof</span>; rather, <span class="accented">like the grains thereof</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the grains of the sand. His name; i.e. "Israel's name." Should not have been cut off. Israel's name had not been wholly "cut off" or "destroyed." But it had been approximately "cut off." Israel was no more a people, but only a horde of slaves. The restoration to Palestine was a resurrection - the re-creation of a nation which, humanly speaking, had ceased to be. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/48-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Your descendants</span><br /><span class="heb">זַרְעֶ֔ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(zar·‘e·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">would have been</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְהִ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(way·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as countless as the sand,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַחוֹל֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḵa·ḥō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2344.htm">Strong's 2344: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your offspring</span><br /><span class="heb">וְצֶאֱצָאֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣe·’ĕ·ṣā·’ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6631.htm">Strong's 6631: </a> </span><span class="str2">Issue, offspring, produce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as its grains;</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּמְעֹתָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(kim·‘ō·ṯāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4579.htm">Strong's 4579: </a> </span><span class="str2">The belly, interior</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their name</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">would never</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be cut off</span><br /><span class="heb">יִכָּרֵ֧ת</span> <span class="translit">(yik·kā·rêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or eliminated</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשָּׁמֵ֛ד</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·šā·mêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exterminated or destroyed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from My presence.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלְּפָנָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(mil·lə·p̄ā·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/48-19.htm">Isaiah 48:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/48-19.htm">Isaiah 48:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/48-19.htm">Isaiah 48:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/48-19.htm">Isaiah 48:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/48-19.htm">Isaiah 48:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/48-19.htm">Isaiah 48:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/48-19.htm">Isaiah 48:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/48-19.htm">Isaiah 48:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/48-19.htm">Isaiah 48:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/48-19.htm">Isaiah 48:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/48-19.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 48:19 Your seed also had been as (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/48-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 48:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 48:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 48:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 48:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>