Isaiah 58:10

58:10 You must ¹  actively help the hungry

and feed the oppressed. ² 

Then your light will dispel the darkness, ³ 

and your darkness will be transformed into noonday. ⁴ 

Isaiah 59:10

59:10 We grope along the wall like the blind,

we grope like those who cannot see; ⁵ 

we stumble at noontime as if it were evening.

Though others are strong, we are like dead men. ⁶ 

[58:10]  ¹ tn Heb “if you.” See the note on “you must” in v. 9b.

[58:10]  ² tn Heb “If you furnish for the hungry [with] your being, and the appetite of the oppressed you satisfy.”

[58:10]  ³ tn Heb “will rise in the darkness.”

[58:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and your darkness [will be] like noonday.”

[59:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “like there are no eyes.”

[59:10]  ⁶ tn Heb among the strong, like dead men.”