8. Then will thy light break forth as the morning dawn, and thy healing will sprout up speedily, and thy righteousness will go before thee, the glory of Jehovah will follow thee. 9. Then will thou call, and Jehovah will answer; then wilt beseech, and He will say, Here am I.
If thou put away from the midst of thee the yoke, the pointing of the finger, and speaking of evil, 10. and offerest up thy gluttony to the hungry;[5] and satisfiest the soul that is bowed down: thy light will stream out in the darkness, and thy darkness become like the brightness of noon-day. 11. And Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in droughts, and refresh thy bones; and thou wilt become like a well-watered garden, and like a fountain, whose waters never deceive.[6] 12. And thy people[7] will build ruins of the olden time, foundations of earlier generations wilt thou erect; and men will call thee Repairer of breaches, Restorer of habitable streets.
13. If thou hold back thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy business on my holy day, and callest the Sabbath a delight, the holy of Jehovah, reverend, and honourest it, not doing thine own ways, not pursuing thy business and speaking words:[8] 14. then wilt thou have delight in Jehovah, and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the land, and make thee enjoy the inheritance of Jacob thy forefather, for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] “Me they consult daily.”—Cheyne.
[2] “Ye shall not fast as ye do now, to make your outcry to be heard on high.”—Birks. “Ye do not so fast at this time so as to make your voice to be heard in the height.”—Cheyne.
[3] “Thongs.”—Kay, Cheyne.
[4] “And that thou bring miserable outcasts to their home.”—Cheyne. “To thine house.”—Birks, Arnold.
[5] “And minister thy sustenance to the hungry.”—Cheyne.
[6] “Disappoint not.”—Kay, Cheyne.