Isaiah 58:10

Give food to those who are hungry, and give to people who are afflicted/suffering the things that they need. Your doing that will be like [MET] a light that shines in the darkness; instead of doing evil to people [MET], the good things that you do for them will be like [SIM] sunshine at noontime.

Translation for Translators

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 you will call out to me, and I will quickly answer and say that I will help you.’ Stop ◄oppressing people/treating people cruelly►; stop falsely accusing people; and stop saying evil things about people.

11I, Yahweh, will guide you continually, and I will give you good things to satisfy you. I will enable you to remain strong and healthy. You will be like [SIM] a garden that is well watered, like [SIM] a spring that never dries up.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:4Yahweh our God will bless you in the land that he is giving to you. If you obey Yahweh our God and obey all the commandments that I am giving to you today, there will not be any poor people among you.

Job 11:17Your troubles will be ended, like the darkness ends at the dawn; it will be as though [MET] the sun is shining brightly on you, like it shines at noon.

Psalms 37:6He will show as clearly as the sunlight that you ◄are innocent/have done nothing that is wrong►; he will show as clearly as the sun at noontime [SIM] that all the things that you have decided are just.

Psalms 112:4Godly/Righteous people are like lights [SIM] that shine in the darkness on those who are kind, merciful and righteous.

Proverbs 11:24Some people give their money generously to poor people, but they become richer in spite of that, and some people hold tightly to their money, but they still become poor in spite of that.

Proverbs 14:31Those who oppress poor people are insulting God, the one who made those poor people, but acting kindly toward them is respecting God.

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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