Isaiah 58:9b-14
Thus says the LORD:
If you remove from your midst oppression,
false accusation
and malicious speech;
If you bestow your bread on the hungry
and satisfy the
afflicted;
Then light shall rise for you in the darkness,
and the gloom shall
become for you like midday;
Then the LORD will guide you always
and give you plenty
even on the parched land.
He will renew your strength,
and you shall be
like a watered garden,
like a spring whose
water never fails.
The ancient ruins shall be rebuilt for your sake,
and the foundations
from ages past you shall raise up;
“Repairer of the breach,” they shall call you,
“Restorer of ruined
homesteads.”
If you hold back your foot on the sabbath
from following your
own pursuits on my holy day;
If you call the sabbath a delight,
and the LORD’s holy
day honorable;
If you honor it by not following your ways,
seeking your own
interests, or speaking with malice—
Then you shall delight in the LORD,
and I will make you
ride on the heights of the earth;
I will nourish you with the heritage of Jacob, your father,
for the mouth of
the LORD has spoken.
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