Isaiah 58:10-14

10 And if you ¹give yourself to the hungry And satisfy the desire of the afflicted, Then your ²light will rise in darkness And your gloom will become like midday.

11 "And the ³LORD will continually guide you, And ⁴satisfy your desire in scorched places, And ⁵give strength to your bones; And you will be like a ⁶watered garden, And like a ⁷spring of water whose waters do not fail.

12 "Those from among you will ⁸rebuild the ancient ruins; You will ⁹raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the ¹⁰breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell.

Keeping the Sabbath

13 "If because of the sabbath, you ¹¹turn your foot From doing your own pleasure on My holy day, And call the sabbath a ¹²delight, the holy day of the LORD honorable, And honor it, desisting from your ¹³own ways, From seeking your own pleasure And ¹⁴speaking your own word,

14 Then you will take ¹⁵delight in the LORD, And I will make you ride ¹⁶on the heights of the earth; And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, For the ¹⁷mouth of the LORD has spoken."

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Isaiah 58:10-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 58

From the wicked and antichristian party the prophet is bid to turn to the professors of the true religion, and openly, boldly, and sharply, reprove them for their sins, particularly their hypocrisy and formality in worship, Isa 58:1,2, who yet were angry, and complained that the Lord took no notice of their religious services, particularly their fasting, which is put for the whole; the reason of which was, because they did not fast aright; it was attended with much cruelty, strife, and wickedness, and only lay in external appearances, Isa 58:3-5, when they are directed how to keep a fast, and are shown what a true fast is, and what works and services are acceptable to God, Isa 58:6,7 on doing of which, light, health, prosperity, and hearing of their prayers, are promised, provided the yoke of oppression is taken away, and compassion shown to the poor, Isa 58:8-10, yea, a very fruitful and flourishing estate of the soul is promised, and a rebuilding of waste places, delight in the Lord, and great honour and dignity; so be it that the sabbath of the Lord, or public worship, is attended to in a proper manner, Isa 58:11-14.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 17

1. Deuteronomy 15:7; Isaiah 58:7
2. Job 11:17; Psalms 37:6; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 58:8
3. Isaiah 49:10; Isaiah 57:18
4. Psalms 107:9; Isaiah 41:17
5. Isaiah 66:14
6. Song of Songs 4:15; Isaiah 27:3; Jeremiah 31:12
7. John 4:14; John 7:38
8. Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 61:4; Ezekiel 36:10
9. Isaiah 44:28
10. Isaiah 30:13; Amos 9:11
11. Exodus 31:16, 17; Exodus 35:2, 3; Is 56:2, 4, 6; Jeremiah 17:21-27
12. Psalms 27:4; Psalms 42:4; Psalms 84:2, 10
13. Isaiah 55:8
14. Isaiah 59:13
15. Job 22:26; Isaiah 61:10
16. Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:29; Isaiah 33:16; Habakkuk 3:19
17. Isaiah 1:20; Isaiah 40:5

Footnotes 5

[a]. Lit "furnish"
[b]. Or "soul"
[c]. Or "soul"
[d]. Or "deceive"
[e]. Lit "paths"