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.
loudly <01627> [aloud. Heb. with the throat. spare.]
Yell as loud as <07311 06963> [lift up.]
trumpet <07782> [like.]
seek <01875> [they seek.]
ask <07592> [they ask.]
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.]
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.]
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.]
remove <06605> [to loose.]
ropes .... burdensome yoke ........... burdensome yoke <092 04133> [heavy burdens. Heb. bundles of the yoke. oppressed. Heb. broken. ye break.]
share <06536> [to deal.]
provide <0935> [bring.]
homeless <04788> [cast out. or, afflicted. the naked.]
flesh and blood <01320> [thine own.]
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.]
call <07121> [shalt thou.]
remove <05493> [Here.]
yoke <04133> [the yoke.]
pointing <07971> [the putting.]
speaking <01696> [speaking.]
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.]
<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.]
rebuilt <01129> [build.]
ruins <02723> [waste.]
repairs <01443> [The repairer.]
observe <07725> [turn.]
look forward <07121> [call.]
find joy <06026> [delight.]
prosperity <07392> [to ride.]
cause crops <0398> [and feed.]
<06310> [the mouth.]
