Draw out thy soul. — The words have been interpreted as meaning (1) giving up sensuous desires for the sake of others; (2) ministering of thy substance; (3) extending thy sympathy. On the whole, (3) seems preferable.
Then shall thy light rise. — We note the recurrence of the imagery of Isaiah 9:2.
Verse Isaiah 58:10. _AND_ IF _THOU DRAW OUT THY SOUL TO THE HUNGRY_ - "If thou bring forth thy bread to the hungry"] "To draw out thy soul to the hungry," as our translators rightly enough express th...
AND IF THOU DRAW OUT THY SOUL TO THE HUNGRY - Lowth, on the authority of eight manuscripts, renders this, ‘If thou bring forth thy bread to the hungry.’ So the Syriac and Noyes. But the authority is n...
3. JEWISH HISTORY IN THE END TIME: THEIR FUTURE GLORY AND THE GLORY OF THE COMING AGE (58-59) This third and last section of the vision of Isaiah can only be understood and appreciated if it is studie...
FASTING, FALSE AND TRUE. Yahweh bids the prophet explain to His people wherein their sin lies. Daily they attend the Temple, seeking to know His will for all the world as though their one aim were to...
DRAW OUT THY SOUL. Some codices, with Syriac, read "give out thy bread". BE. Supply Ellipsis (of verb "become"). Or, we have the Figure of speech _Oxymoron_. See App-6....
_draw out thy soul to the hungry_ A very peculiar expression. The most natural sense would be "let thy desire go out" &c.; but most commentators rightly feel that the object ("the hungry") demands som...
DISCOURSE: 993 THE SERVICES WHICH GOD REQUIRES Isaiah 58:5. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth...
2. HOLINESS TEXT: Isaiah 58:6-12 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break ever...
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: AND (IF) THOU DRAW, OUT THY SOUL - `impart...
DRAW OUT, etc.] i.e. supply to the hungry such things as thou thyself desirest. 11. Fat] RV 'strong.'...
2. DID RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. kept the law. They are ready enough for the external requirements of religion....
Light is at its brightest at midday....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 58 WRONG PRACTICE OF RELIGION V1 (This is what God says.) ‘Shout loudly...
To take care of poor and weak people in society is to practise *self-denial. This what the *Lord calls a true *fast. • The *Lord approves of those who take care of other people in this way. They will...
וְ תָפֵ֤ק לָֽ † רָעֵב֙ נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ וְ...
CHAPTER XXIII THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE Isaiah 56:9; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1 IT was inevitable, as so
THE FAST THAT GOD HAS CHOSEN Isaiah 58:1-14 The divorce between outward rites and inward piety has been the curse of every age. When the Pharisees were plotting our Lord's death, they refused to ent...
We now commence the last division of the book, which deals with the program of peace as it sets forth the conditions, describes the ultimate realization, and insists on a principle of discrimination....
And [if] thou shalt (l) draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in (m) obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday: (l) That is, have compassion...
_Soul, effectually, and with love relieving the distressed. (Calmet)_...
If we read these sweet promises with an eye to the gospel of Jesus, and interpret what is here said by this rule, they will appear most blessed. Jesus is himself the light of the morning, yea, of the...
10._If thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry. _He goes on to recommend the duties of that love which we owe to one another. The sum of the whole discourse is this, that in vain do men serve God,...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 58 AND 59. But these moral considerations rouse the indignation of the Spirit at the condition of Israel in the days of the prophecy-their sin and their hypoc...
AND IF THOU DRAW OUT THY SOUL TO THE HUNGRY,.... Not only deal out thy bread, but thy soul also, to him; that is, give him food cheerfully, with a good will, expressing a hearty love and affection for...
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: Ver. 10. And if thou draw out thy soul _a_...
_Then shalt thou call_, &c. They made great complaint, Isaiah 58:3, that God took no notice of their services, which complaint he seems now to refer to, as if he had said, These conditions being obser...
and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, opening his heart in true mercy, AND SATISFY THE AFFLICTED SOUL, offering it the desired relief, THEN SHALL THY LIGHT RISE IN OBSCURITY, in the midst of th...
THE BLESSINGS FOLLOWING TRUE REPENTANCE...
3-12 A fast is a day to afflict the soul; if it does not express true sorrow for sin, and does not promote the putting away of sin, it is not a fast. These professors had shown sorrow on stated or oc...
DRAW OUT; or, _open_; as when we break open a store or magazine to satisfy the wants of the needy: it implies bounty and liberality. A phrase contrary to that of _shutting up of the bowels_, 1 JOHN 3:...
Isaiah 58:10 extend H6329 (H8686) soul H5315 hungry H7457 satisfy H7646 (H8686) afflicted H6031 (H8737) soul...
THE CALL TO COVENANT RIGHTEOUSNESS (ISAIAH 58:6). Isaiah 58:6 “Is not this the fast that I have chosen, To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the yoke, And to let the oppressed g...
Isaiah 58:1. _Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins._ See, friends, how stolid men are by nature. God's mess...
Isaiah 58:1. _Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways as...
CONTENTS: Hypocritical professions of religion. Instructions how to keep fasts aright. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: It is common for unhumbled hearts, while they perform the external services of rel...
Isaiah 58:1. _Cry aloud, spare not; lift up thy voice like a trumpet._ It is not doubted by the Jews, nor by St. Jerome, that Isaiah lived to the beginning of Manasseh's idolatrous reign; nor that he...
_And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry_ THE REFLEX INFLUENCE OF MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE I. MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE EXALTS CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. The whole life of the Christian after his conversion i...
_Then shalt thou call_ GOD’S WONDERFUL RESPONSE TO HIS PEOPLE’S PRAYERS When God calls to us by His Word, it becomes us to say, “Here we are; what saith our Lord unto His servants? ” But that God sh...
_Then shall thy light break forth_ THE SECRET OF PROSPERITY TO NATIONS, CHURCHES, AND MEN (Isaiah 58:8; Isaiah 58:14, “Then,” “then,” “then,” “then “):-- I. MEN AND CHURCHES CHARGE GOD FOOLISHLY, A...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 58:10 THEN. God reaffirms his readiness to bless his obedient people. ⇐...
THE REWARDS OF BENEVOLENCE Isaiah 58:10. _If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, &c._ The Bible has one grand and peculiar character,—it is the book of goodness; it everywhere recommends and extols...
SECTION VI. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS, FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION AND A PROMISE (Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1.). EXPOSIT
Cry aloud, spare not (Isaiah 58:1), The Lord is commanding now the prophet Isaiah. lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet t...
Deuteronomy 15:7; Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 58:7; Isaiah 58:8; Job 11:17;...
Draw out — Or, open, as when we open a store, to satisfy the wants of the needy. Thy soul — Thy affection, thy pity and compassion. Thy darkness — In the very darkness of the affliction itself thou sh...