Isaiah 48:17

This gives some details of the help that God will provide. The help will be completely sufficient. But it is necessary for people to accept the help that God offers.

Israel’s failure to obey God

v18 ‘If you had only listened to my commands, your life would have been like a full river. Such a river flows calmly. Your success would have been like the powerful waves of the sea. Nothing could have stopped you. v19 Your families would have been as many as the grains of sand along the shore. Their name would always have been in front of my eyes.’