13 “If you keep from desecrating 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 business;[a][b]
14 then you will delight in the Lord,(C)
and I will make you ride over the heights of the land,(D)
and let you enjoy the heritage of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 58:13 Or idly
  2. 58:13 Lit or speak a word

13 “Keep the Sabbath day holy.
    Don’t pursue your own interests on that day,
but enjoy the Sabbath
    and speak of it with delight as the Lord’s holy day.
Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day,
    and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly.
14 Then the Lord will be your delight.
    I will give you great honor
and satisfy you with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!”

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