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Isaiah 58:11
The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks through Isaiah to the people of Israel, promising a response to the condition laid out in verse 10: giving to the hungry and satisfying the afflicted. This is not a general blessing but a specific divine commitment tied to justice.
The words — נָחָה (nāchāh) carries the sense of "he will lead," the verb for God's guidance of Israel; צַחְצָחוֹת (ṣaḥṣāḥōt) is "arid regions," a rare word from the root meaning "to be dry," making the promise concrete and physical.
The thread — The "I will lead you" echoes Psalms 32:8 ("I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go"); the image of a spring that never fails runs into John 4:14 ("the water I give him will become in him a fount of water").
Why it lands — The promise is conditional on the prior verse's demand: feed the hungry, satisfy the afflicted. It grounds divine care in bodily terms—appetite satisfied, bones strengthened—and ties spiritual sustenance directly to justice done.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Cross-references
- John 4:14 But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Psalms 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
- Jeremiah 31:12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
- Isaiah 49:10 They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- John 16:13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.
- Psalms 25:9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
- Proverbs 11:25 A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- Song of Solomon 4:15 You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
- Proverbs 3:8 This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
- Jeremiah 17:8 He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.