Isaiah 58:10

and if thou draw out thy soul to a hungry man, and satisfy an afflicted soul, then thy light shall rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday.

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In The King James Version

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:

In Context

9Then thou shall call, and LORD will answer, thou shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take the yoke away from the midst of thee, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly,

11And LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones. And thou shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:4However there shall be no poor with thee (for LORD will surely bless thee in the land which LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance to possess it),

Job 11:17And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

Psalms 37:6And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, and thy justice as the noon-day.

Psalms 112:4To the upright there arises light in the darkness. [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

Proverbs 11:24There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.

Proverbs 14:31He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 58:9-13

A Charge against the People; Encouragement to Israelites Indeed. ( b. c. 706.) 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. 9 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; 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and… Read the whole commentary →

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