Isaiah 58 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Isaiah 58False and True Worship

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3 shall go before you;

the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

9 v 6 ; Ps 12.2; Isa 55.6Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;

you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.”

If you remove the yoke from among you,

the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,

10 v 7 ; Ps 37.6if you offer your food to the hungry

and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,

then your light shall rise in the darkness

and your gloom be like the noonday.

11 Isa 41.17; 49.10; 66.14; Jn 4.14; 7.38 The Lord will guide you continually

and satisfy your needs in parched places

and make your bones strong,

and you shall be like a watered garden,

like a spring of water

whose waters never fail.

12 Isa 30.13; 44.28; 49.8; Am 9.11 Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;

you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;

you shall be called the repairer of the breach,

the restorer of streets to live in.

13 Ps 84.2, 10; Isa 55.8; 56.2; 59.13 If you refrain from trampling the Sabbath,

from pursuing your own interests on my holy day;

if you call the Sabbath a delight

and the holy day of the Lord honorable;

if you honor it, not going your own ways,

serving your own interests or pursuing your own affairs;

14 Deut 32.13; Isa 1.19, 20; 61.10 then you shall take delight in the Lord,

and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth;

I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob,

for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.