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Isaiah 58:9–11

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58:9Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond;

you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’

You must22 remove the burdensome yoke from among you

and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

58:10You must23 actively help the hungry

and feed the oppressed.24

Then your light will dispel the darkness,25

and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.26

58:11The Lord will continually lead you;

he will feed you even in parched regions.27

He will give you renewed strength,28

and you will be like a well-watered garden,

like a spring that continually produces water.

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Isaiah 58:11: And the LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

Footnotes

  1. 22 Heb “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 9b–10 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (“if” clauses appear in vv. 9b–10a), with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 10b.
  2. 23 Heb “if you.” See the note on “you must” in v. .
  3. 24 Heb “If you furnish for the hungry [with] your being, and the appetite of the oppressed you satisfy.”
  4. 25 Heb “will rise in the darkness.”
  5. 26 Heb “and your darkness [will be] like noonday.”
  6. 27 Heb “he will satisfy in parched regions your appetite.”
  7. 28 Heb “and your bones he will strengthen.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;

you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’

If you take away the yoke from your midst,

the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,

if you pour yourself out for the hungry

and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,

then shall your light rise in the darkness

and your gloom be as the noonday.

And the Lord will guide you continually

and satisfy your desire in scorched places

and make your bones strong;

and you shall be like a watered garden,

like a spring of water,

whose waters do not fail.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;

you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,

with the pointing finger and malicious talk,

and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry

and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,

then your light will rise in the darkness,

and your night will become like the noonday.

The Lord will guide you always;

he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land

and will strengthen your frame.

You will be like a well-watered garden,

like a spring whose waters never fail.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

At that time, when you call, the Lord will answer;

when you cry out, he will say, ‘Here I am.’

If you get rid of the yoke among you,

the finger-pointing and malicious speaking,

and if you offer yourself to the hungry,

and satisfy the afflicted one,

then your light will shine in the darkness,

and your night will be like noonday.

The Lord will always lead you,

satisfy you in a parched land,

and strengthen your bones.

You will be like a watered garden

and like a spring whose water never runs dry.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then when you call, the Lord will answer.

‘Yes, I am here,’ he will quickly reply.

“Remove the heavy yoke of oppression.

Stop pointing your finger and spreading vicious rumors!

Feed the hungry,

and help those in trouble.

Then your light will shine out from the darkness,

and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.

The Lord will guide you continually,

giving you water when you are dry

and restoring your strength.

You will be like a well-watered garden,

like an ever-flowing spring.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then you shall call, and Yahweh himself will answer.

You shall cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am!’

If you remove from among you the yoke,

the finger-pointing and evil speech,

if you offer your soul to the hungry,

and you satisfy the appetite of the afflicted,

then your light shall rise in the darkness,

and your darkness will be like noon.

And Yahweh will lead you continually, and satisfy your soul in a barren land,

and he will strengthen your bones,

and you shall be like a well-watered garden,

and like a spring of water whose water does not fail.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer;

Thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.

If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,

The putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry,

And satisfy the afflicted soul;

Then shall thy light rise in obscurity,

And thy darkness be as the noonday:

And the Lord shall guide thee continually,

And satisfy thy soul in drought,

And make fat thy bones:

And thou shalt be like a watered garden,

And like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.