Bible Strands
Isaiah 58:10
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses Israel regarding their failed fasting practices, presenting a conditional promise immediately after commanding them to remove oppressive yokes and cease malicious speech.
The words — The Hebrew verb תָּפֵק (ta.Fek) literally means "you will offer" or "you will cause to go forth," paired with זָרַח (za.Rach), which means "it will rise" or "shine forth."
The thread — The motif of light emerging from darkness appears in Psalms 37:6 and Isaiah 42:16, where God actively brings forth righteousness and turns obscurity into illumination.
Why it lands — The text demands practical provision for the hungry and afflicted as the explicit condition for experiencing God's clarifying presence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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:
Cross-references
- Proverbs 11:24 One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
- Psalms 37:6 He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
- Isaiah 42:16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
- Isaiah 58:7 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?
- Job 11:17 Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
- Deuteronomy 15:7 If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
- Luke 18:22 On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Psalms 112:5 It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
- Proverbs 14:31 Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Proverbs 28:27 Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.