Isaiah 58:11

And the Lord will guide thee continually, and will satisfy thy soul in times of famine, and will strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water, the waters of which will never deceive.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10And if thou pour out to the hungry thy soul, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall shine forth in the darkness thy light, and thy obscurity be as the noonday;

12And they that spring from thee shall build up the ancient ruins; the foundations of many generations shalt thou raise up again: and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breaches, The restorer of paths to the dwelling-place.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:4Although indeed there should be no needy man among thee; for the Lord will greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

Job 6:15My brothers are treacherous as a brook, like flowing brooks they pass along;

Psalms 25:9He guideth the meek in justice, and he teacheth the meek his way.

Psalms 33:19To deliver from death their soul, and to keep them alive in famine.

Psalms 37:19They shall not be made ashamed in the time of unhappiness; and in the days of famine shall they be satisfied.

Psalms 73:24With thy counsel wilt thou guide me, and afterward take me on to glory.

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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