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# If only you had obeyed my commandments
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Yahweh describes something that could have happened but did not. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hypo]])
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# Then your peace and prosperity would have flowed like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea
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These two phrases share similar meanings. In both, Yahweh speaks of Israel's experiencing abundant blessings as if those blessings flowed like water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# your righteousness like the waves of the sea
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The verb may be supplied from the previous phrase. Alternate translation: "your righteousness would have flowed like the waves of the sea" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
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# righteousness
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This is probably a metonym for the salvation that come from righteousness. Alternate translation: "salvation" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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