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Then your light will shine like the sunrise;[a]
your restoration will quickly arrive;[b]
your godly behavior[c] will go before you,
and the Lord’s splendor will be your rear guard.[d]
Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond;
you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’
You must[e] remove the burdensome yoke from among you
and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.
10 You must[f] actively help the hungry
and feed the oppressed.[g]
Then your light will dispel the darkness,[h]
and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.[i]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:8 tn Heb “will burst out like the dawn.” sn Light here symbolizes God’s favor and restored blessing, as the immediately following context makes clear.
  2. Isaiah 58:8 tn Heb “prosper”; KJV “spring forth speedily.”
  3. Isaiah 58:8 tn Or “righteousness.” Their godly behavior will be on display for all to see.
  4. Isaiah 58:8 sn The nation will experience God’s protective presence.
  5. Isaiah 58:9 tn Heb “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 9b-10 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (multiple “if” clauses here) appears in vv. 9b-10a, with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 10b.
  6. Isaiah 58:10 tn Heb “if you.” See the note on “you must” in v. 9b.
  7. Isaiah 58:10 tn Heb “If you furnish for the hungry [with] your being, and the appetite of the oppressed you satisfy.”
  8. Isaiah 58:10 tn Heb “will rise in the darkness.”
  9. Isaiah 58:10 tn Heb “and your darkness [will be] like noonday.”

Then your light will break forth like the dawn,(A)
    and your healing(B) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness[a](C) will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.(D)
Then you will call,(E) and the Lord will answer;(F)
    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger(G) and malicious talk,(H)
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,(I)
then your light(J) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:8 Or your righteous One