Isaiah 58:10

and if thou give bread to the hungry from thy heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as noonday:

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 shalt thou cry, and God shall hearken to thee; while thou art yet speaking he will say, Behold, I am here. If thou remove from thee the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech;

11and thy God shall be with thee continually, and thou shalt be satisfied according as thy soul desires; and thy bones shall be made fat, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a fountain from which the water has not failed.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:4For thus there shall not be a poor person in the midst of thee, for the Lord thy God will surely bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee by inheritance, that thou shouldest inherit it.

Job 11:17And thy prayer shall be as the morning star, 1 And life shall arise to thee as from the noonday. 1

Psalms 37:6My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, 1 Because of my foolishness. 1

Psalms 112:4The Lord is high above all the nations; 1 His glory is above the heavens. 1

Proverbs 11:24There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: 1 And there are some also who gather, yet have less. 1

Proverbs 14:31He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: 1 But he that honors him has pity upon the poor. 1

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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