Isaiah 58:8

Then shall thy light break forth like the shachar (dawn), 1 and thine healing titzmach (shall spring forth; Tzemach) speedily; 1 and thy tzedek shall go before thee; 1 the kavod Hashem shall be thy rearguard. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Is it not paras lechem (breaking bread of thine, i.e., serving food) to the hungry, 1 and that thou bring the homeless aniyyim (poor) to thy bais? 1 When thou seest the arom (naked), that thou cover him with clothing; 1 and that thou hide not thyself from thine own basar (flesh and blood, kinspeople)? 1

9Then shalt thou call, and Hashem shall answer; 1 thou shalt cry for help, and He shall say: Hineni! 1 If thou remove from the midst of thee the motah (yoke), 1 the pointing of the etzba (finger [of contempt]) and speaking aven (evil, lashon hora); 1

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Cross References

Job 11:17And thine cheled (duration of life) shall be brighter than the tzohorayim (noonday); 1 thou shalt shine forth; thou shalt be as the boker. 1

Psalms 85:13Yes, Hashem shall give that which is tov; 1 and Artzeinu (our land) shall yield her yevul (increase, produce). 1

Psalms 112:4Unto the Yesharim (upright ones) there ariseth ohr in the choshech; 1 he is channun, and rachum, and tzaddik. 1

Proverbs 11:17The ish chesed (merciful man) doeth good to his own nefesh, 1 but he that is cruel harmeth his own self. 1

Isaiah 30:26Moreover the ohr of the levanah (moon) shall be as the ohr of the chamah (sun), and the ohr of the chamah shall be sevenfold, as the ohr of shivat hayamim (seven days), in the day that Hashem bindeth up the hurt of His people, and healeth the stroke of His wound. 1

Isaiah 57:18I have seen the drakhim of him, + 57:18 the wicked 1 and will heal him; I will lead him also, 1 and restore nichumim (comforts) 1 unto him and to his avelim (mourners). 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 58:4-8

A Charge against the People. ( b. c. 706.) 3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a… Read the whole commentary →

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