58:8 Then your light will shine like the sunrise; 1
your restoration will quickly arrive; 2
your godly behavior 3 will go before you,
and the Lord’s splendor will be your rear guard. 4
58:10 You must 5 actively help the hungry
and feed the oppressed. 6
Then your light will dispel the darkness, 7
and your darkness will be transformed into noonday. 8
1 tn Heb “will burst out like the dawn.”
2 tn Heb “prosper”; KJV “spring forth speedily.”
3 tn Or “righteousness.” Their godly behavior will be on display for all to see.
4 sn The nation will experience God’s protective presence.
5 tn Heb “if you.” See the note on “you must” in v. 9b.
6 tn Heb “If you furnish for the hungry [with] your being, and the appetite of the oppressed you satisfy.”
7 tn Heb “will rise in the darkness.”
8 tn Heb “and your darkness [will be] like noonday.”