Isaiah 58:8

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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?

⁷ 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?

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,

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and the LORD’s glory will be your rear guard.
ASV: Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall by thy rearward.
DARBY: Then shall thy light break forth as the dawn, and thy health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearguard.
BLB: Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will sprout quickly, and your righteousness will go before you; the glory of YHWH will gather behind you.

ÅB: Da skal ditt lys bryte fram som morgenrøden, og din legedom snart spire fram; din rettferdighet skal gå fram for ditt åsyn, og Herrens herlighet slutte ditt tog.
OTB: Da skal ditt lys bryte frem som morgenrøden, og din helbredelse skal snart vise seg; din rettferdighet skal gå foran deg, og Herrens herlighet skal være din bakvakt.
B1930: Da skal ditt lys bryte frem som morgenrøden, og din lægedom snart spire frem; din rettferdighet skal gå frem for ditt åsyn, og Herrens herlighet slutte ditt tog.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 52:12
For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
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Jeremiah 33:6
Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
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Psalms 37:6
He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
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Jeremiah 30:17
But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
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Malachi 4:2
“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
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Psalms 85:13
Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.
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Isaiah 58:10–11
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.
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Acts 10:35
but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
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