Isaiah 58

1 The prophet, being sent to reprove hypocrisy, shews the difference between a counterfeit fast and a true.

8 He declares what promises are due unto godliness,

13 and to the keeping of the sabbath.

58:1

loudly <01627> [aloud. Heb. with the throat. spare.]

Yell as loud as <07311 06963> [lift up.]

trumpet <07782> [like.]

58:2

seek <01875> [they seek.]

ask <07592> [they ask.]

58:3

fast <06684> [have we fasted.]

humble <06031> [afflicted.]

time <03117> [in.]

oppress <05065> [exact.]

workers <06092> [labours. or, things wherewith ye grieve others. Heb. griefs.]

58:4

fasting ........... fast <06684> [ye fast.]

brawls <05221> [and to smite.]

fasting ........... fast ..... today <03117 06684> [shall not fast as ye do this day. or, fast not as this day. to make.]

58:5

fasting .................................. fast <06685> [it such.]

day ... people ... humble themselves ........................ day <03117 0120 06031 05315> [a day for a man to afflict his soul. or, to afflict his soul for a day.]

stretching <03331> [to spread.]

pleasing <07522> [an acceptable.]

58:6

remove <06605> [to loose.]

ropes .... burdensome yoke ........... burdensome yoke <092 04133> [heavy burdens. Heb. bundles of the yoke. oppressed. Heb. broken. ye break.]

58:7

share <06536> [to deal.]

provide <0935> [bring.]

homeless <04788> [cast out. or, afflicted. the naked.]

flesh and blood <01320> [thine own.]

58:8

light <0216> [thy light.]

restoration <0724> [and thine.]

godly <06664> [and thy.]

splendor <03519> [the glory.]

rear guard <0622> [be thy rereward. Heb. gather thee up.]

58:9

call <07121> [shalt thou.]

remove <05493> [Here.]

yoke <04133> [the yoke.]

pointing <07971> [the putting.]

speaking <01696> [speaking.]

58:10

actively <06329> [thou draw.]

<05315> [thy soul.]

Instead of {naphshecha,} "thy soul," eleven MSS. read {lachmecha,} "thy bread," which is adopted by Bp. Lowth; but "to draw out the soul" in relieving the poor, probably means to do it not of constraint, but cheerfully.

light <0216> [then.]

58:11

<03068> [the Lord.]

feed <07646> [and satisfy.]

parched regions <06710> [drought. Heb. droughts. make fat.]

well-watered <07302> [be like.]

<03576> [fail. Heb. lie, or deceive.]

58:12

rebuilt <01129> [build.]

ruins <02723> [waste.]

repairs <01443> [The repairer.]

58:13

observe <07725> [turn.]

look forward <07121> [call.]

58:14

find joy <06026> [delight.]

prosperity <07392> [to ride.]

cause crops <0398> [and feed.]

<06310> [the mouth.]