Isaiah 58:9
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear: thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou wilt take away the chain out of the midst of thee, and cease to stretch out the finger, and to speak that which profiteth not.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 27:18Which when he had carried in, he said: My father? But he answered: I hear. Who art thou, my son?
1 Samuel 3:4And the Lord called Samuel. And he answered: Here am I.
Psalms 12:2Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.
Psalms 37:4Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.
Psalms 66:18If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
Psalms 118:5In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and enlarged me.
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 →