Isaiah 58:11

New International Version

¹¹The Lord will guide^(A) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs^(B) in a sun-scorched land^(C)
    and will strengthen^(D) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,^(E)
    like a spring^(F) whose waters never fail.

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Isaiah 58:11

English Standard Version

¹¹And the Lord will guide you continually
    and satisfy your desire in scorched places
    and make your bones strong;
and you shall be ^(A)like a watered garden,
    like a spring of water,
    whose waters do not fail.

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Isaiah 58:11

New American Standard Bible

¹¹And the ^(A)Lord will continually guide you,
And ^(B)satisfy your ^[a]desire in scorched places,
And ^(C)give strength to your bones;
And you will be like a ^(D)watered garden,
And like a ^(E)spring of water whose waters do not ^[b]fail.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 58:11 Or soul
Isaiah 58:11 Or deceive

Isaiah 58:11

New King James Version

¹¹The Lord will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

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Isaiah 58:11-12

The Message

^6-9“This is the kind of fast day I’m after:
    to break the chains of injustice,
    get rid of exploitation in the workplace,
    free the oppressed,
    cancel debts.
What I’m interested in seeing you do is:
    sharing your food with the hungry,
    inviting the homeless poor into your homes,
    putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad,
    being available to your own families.
Do this and the lights will turn on,
    and your lives will turn around at once.
Your righteousness will pave your way.
    The God of glory will secure your passage.
Then when you pray, God will answer.
    You’ll call out for help and I’ll say, ‘Here I am.’

A Full Life in the Emptiest of Places

^9-12“If you get rid of unfair practices,
    quit blaming victims,
    quit gossiping about other people’s sins,
If you are generous with the hungry
    and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out,
Your lives will begin to glow in the darkness,
    your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight.
I will always show you where to go.
    I’ll give you a full life in the emptiest of places—
    firm muscles, strong bones.
You’ll be like a well-watered garden,
    a gurgling spring that never runs dry.
You’ll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew,
    rebuild the foundations from out of your past.
You’ll be known as those who can fix anything,
    restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate,
    make the community livable again.