Isaiah 58:9

Then you call, and YHWH answers, || You cry, and He says, Behold Me. If you turn aside the yoke from your midst, || The sending forth of the finger, || And the speaking of vanity,

Literal Standard Version

In The King 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;

In Context

8Then your light breaks forth as the dawn, || And your health springs up in haste, || Your righteousness has gone before you, || The glory of YHWH gathers you.

10And bring out your soul to the hungry, || And satisfy the afflicted soul, || Then your light has risen in the darkness, || And your thick darkness [is] as noon.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:18And he comes to his father and says, “My father”; and he says, “Here I [am]; who [are] you, my son?”

1 Samuel 3:4and YHWH calls to Samuel, and he says, “Here I [am].”

Psalms 12:2They each speak vanity with his neighbor, || Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

Psalms 37:4And delight yourself on YHWH, || And He gives to you the petitions of your heart.

Psalms 66:18Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, || The Lord does not hear.

Psalms 118:5I called YAH from the narrow place, || YAH answered me in a broad place.

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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