Isaiah 58:10

58:10 You must actively help the hungry

and feed the oppressed.

Then your light will dispel the darkness,

and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.

Isaiah 60:1-2

Zion’s Future Splendor

60:1 “Arise! Shine! For your light arrives!

The splendor of the Lord shines on you!

60:2 For, look, darkness covers the earth

and deep darkness covers the nations,

but the Lord shines on you;

his splendor appears over you.


tn Heb “if you.” See the note on “you must” in v. 9b.

tn Heb “If you furnish for the hungry [with] your being, and the appetite of the oppressed you satisfy.”

tn Heb “will rise in the darkness.”

tn Heb “and your darkness [will be] like noonday.”

tn Or “glory” (so most English versions).

tn The verb “covers” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

10 tn Or “glory” (so most English versions); TEV “the brightness of his presence.”