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Isaiah 58:8-10
New English Translation
Isaiah 58:8-10
New English Translation
8 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]
9 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]
Footnotes
- 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.
- Isaiah 58:8 tn Heb “prosper”; KJV “spring forth speedily.”
- Isaiah 58:8 tn Or “righteousness.” Their godly behavior will be on display for all to see.
- Isaiah 58:8 sn The nation will experience God’s protective presence.
- 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.
- Isaiah 58:10 tn Heb “if you.” See the note on “you must” in v. 9b.
- Isaiah 58:10 tn Heb “If you furnish for the hungry [with] your being, and the appetite of the oppressed you satisfy.”
- Isaiah 58:10 tn Heb “will rise in the darkness.”
- Isaiah 58:10 tn Heb “and your darkness [will be] like noonday.”
Isaiah 58:8-10
New International Version
Isaiah 58:8-10
New International Version
8 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)
9 Then you will call,(E) and the Lord will answer;(F)
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:8 Or your righteous One
Isaiah 58:8-10
King James Version
Isaiah 58:8-10
King James Version
8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.
9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
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