Isaiah 58:14

then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks to Israel, closing the Sabbath passage of Isaiah 58 with a conditional promise. The "then" (אָז) binds this verse directly to the obedience demanded in verse 13.

The words — תִּתְעַנַּג (tit.'a.Nag, "you will take delight") is a rare verb (root ענג) carrying a sense of being fully satisfied or glutted, paired with the preposition עַל to mean delighting in Yahweh himself. The causative הִרְכַּבְתִּיךָ ("I will make you ride") is a vivid hiphil form that echoes Deuteronomy 32:13.

The thread — The "ride on the heights of the land and feed you" language is a direct echo of Deuteronomy 32:13, where God makes Israel ride on the heights and feeds them the produce of the field. Job 22:26 parallels the delight clause ("you will delight in the Almighty"), and Isaiah 1:19 offers the same conditional structure with "eat the best of the land."

Why it lands — The verse makes Sabbath-keeping the condition for both spiritual delight and material provision, not a duty imposed from outside. It asks the reader to see the commandment as the gate through which God's own promise of satisfaction and inheritance flows.

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The Hebrew words

אָ֗ז'Azthen תִּתְעַנַּג֙tit.'a.Nagyou will take delight עַל־'al-on יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh וְהִרְכַּבְתִּ֖יךָve./hir.kav.Ti./khaand/ I will make ride/ you עַל־'al-on בָּ֣מֳתֵיba.mo.tei[the] high places of אָ֑רֶץ'A.retz[the] land וְהַאֲכַלְתִּ֗יךָve./ha.'a.khal.Ti./khaand/ I will feed/ you נַחֲלַת֙na.cha.Lat[the] inheritance of יַעֲקֹ֣בya.'a.KoJacob אָבִ֔יךָ'a.Vi./khaancestor/ your כִּ֛יkifor פִּ֥יpi[the] mouth of יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh דִּבֵּֽר׃ סdi.Berit has spoken

King James Version

Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
Job 22:26 Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
Isaiah 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
Isaiah 33:16 he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
Habakkuk 3:18 yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
Deuteronomy 33:29 Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
Psalms 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Isaiah 40:5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Psalms 36:8 They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
Micah 4:4 And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.