Isaiah 58:7
5 Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
6 Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- KJV
- Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
- WEB
- Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
- ASV
- Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
- DARBY
- Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
- BLB
- Is [it] not to distribute your bread to the hungry, and the wandering the poor you should bring into the house; when you see one naked then clothe him, and do not hide yourself from your own flesh?
- ÅB
- Mon ikke dette[^2] at du bryter ditt brød til den som sulter, og lar hjemløse stakkarer komme i hus - når du ser en naken, at du da klær ham og ikke drar deg bort fra den som er ditt eget kjød?
- OTB
- Er det ikke å dele ditt brød med de sultne og bringe de hjemløse fattige inn i ditt hus; når du ser de nakne, å kle dem, og ikke skjule deg for ditt eget kjød og blod?
- B1930
- Mon ikke dette at du bryter ditt brød til den som sulter, og lar hjemløse stakkarer komme i hus - når du ser en naken, at du da klær ham og ikke drar dig bort fra den som er ditt eget kjød? / < nemlig er den faste jeg finner behag i; JES 58, 6. JBS 31, 19. ESK 18, 7. RMR 12, 13. MTT 25, 35 fg.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 25:35–45
For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
Read in contextEzekiel 18:7
He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
Read in contextLuke 3:11
John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
Read in context1 John 3:17–18
If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
Read in contextProverbs 28:27
Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
Read in contextProverbs 25:21
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Read in contextIsaiah 58:10
and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
Read in contextRomans 12:20–21
On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
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