13 “If you keep from desecrating[a] the Sabbath,(A)
from doing whatever you want on My holy day;
if you call the Sabbath a delight,
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,(B)
seeking your own pleasure, or talking too much;[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:13 Lit keep your foot from
  2. Isaiah 58:13 Lit or speak a word

13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath(A)
    and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight(B)
    and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
    and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,(C)

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You did not go up to the gaps(A) or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it might stand in battle on the day of the Lord.

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You have not gone up to the breaches in the wall to repair(A) it for the people of Israel so that it will stand firm in the battle on the day of the Lord.(B)

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The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long for the Day of the Lord!(A)
What will the Day of the Lord be for you?
It will be darkness and not light.(B)

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The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long
    for the day of the Lord!(A)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(B)
    That day will be darkness,(C) not light.(D)

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Judgment of the Nations

15 For the Day of the Lord(A) is near,
against all the nations.(B)
As you have done,(C) so it will be done to you;
what you deserve will return on your own head.(D)

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15 “The day of the Lord is near(A)
    for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
    your deeds(B) will return upon your own head.

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14 The great Day of the Lord is near,(A)
near and rapidly approaching.
Listen, the Day of the Lord
then the warrior’s cry is bitter.

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14 The great day of the Lord(A) is near(B)
    near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
    the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.

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The Lord’s Triumph and Reign

14 A day of the Lord is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence.

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The Lord Comes and Reigns

14 A day of the Lord(A) is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions(B) will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

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Look, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet(A) before the great and awesome Day of the Lord comes.(B)

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“See, I will send the prophet Elijah(A) to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.(B)

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