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Isaiah 58:11
11The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Isaiah 58:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.
Context of Isaiah 58:11
9Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, 10and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. 12Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings. 13“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
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וְנָחֲךָ֣ יְהוָה֮ תָּמִיד֒ וְהִשְׂבִּ֤יעַ בְּצַחְצָחוֹת֙ נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ וְעַצְמֹתֶ֖יךָ יַחֲלִ֑יץ וְהָיִ֙יתָ֙ כְּגַ֣ן רָוֶ֔ה וּכְמוֹצָ֣א מַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יְכַזְּב֖וּ מֵימָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- shall guideנָחָהnâchâh · to leadH5148
- thee continuallyתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
- and satisfyשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646
- thy soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: appetiteH5315
- in droughtצַחְצָחָהtsachtsâchâh · scorchedH6710
- and make fatחָלַץchâlats · to armH2502
- thy bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
- and thou shalt be like a wateredרָוֶהrâveh · wateredH7302
- gardenגַּןgan · gardenH1588
- and like a springמוֹצָאmôtsâ' môtsâ' · exitH4161
- of waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
- failכָּזַבkâzab · to lieH3576
Cross-references for Isaiah 58:11
- Isaiah 49:10They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them. He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- Psalms 25:9He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.
- Psalms 32:8I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
- Psalms 48:14For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
- Psalms 73:24You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.
- John 16:13But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:11Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you.
- Isaiah 33:16they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them.
- Job 5:20In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
- Psalms 33:19to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
- Psalms 34:9Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing.
- Psalms 37:19In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
- Jeremiah 17:8They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”
- Hosea 13:5I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat.
- Psalms 92:14They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,
- Proverbs 3:8This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
Commentaries on Isaiah 58:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11And make fat thy bones "And he shall renew thy strength" - Chaldaeus forte legit עצמתך יחכיף yachaliph otsmathecha ; confer cap. Isaiah 40:29, Isaiah 40:31, et Isaiah 41:1. - Secker. "The Chaldee perhaps read עצמתך יחליף yachaliph otsmathecha . "The Chaldee has עלמא בחיי יחיי וגופך veguphach vechaiyey bechaiyey alma, "and he will vivify thy body in life eternal." The rest of the ancients seem not to know what to make of יחליץ yachalits ; and the rendering…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And the Lord shall guide thee continually - Yahweh will go before you and will lead you always. And satisfy thy soul in drought - (See the notes at Isaiah 41:17-18). The word rendered drought‘ (Margin, droughts;‘ Hebrew, צחצחות tsachetsâchôth ) means “dry places” - places exposed to the intense heat of a burning sun and parched up for the want of moisture. The idea is, that God would provide for them as if in such places copious rains were to fall, or…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-12Verses 3-12 A fast is a day to afflict the soul; if it does not express true sorrow for sin, and does not promote the putting away of sin, it is not a fast. These professors had shown sorrow on stated or occasioned fasts. But they indulged pride, covetousness, and malignant passions. To be liberal and merciful is more acceptable to God than mere fasting, which, without them, is vain and hypocritical. Many who seem humble in God's house, are hard at home…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. satisfy ... in drought--(Is 41:17, 18). Literally, "drought," that is, parched places [Maurer]. make fat--rather, "strengthen" [Noyes]. "Give thee the free use of thy bones" [Jerome], or, "of thy strength" [Horsley]. watered garden--an Oriental picture of happiness. fail not--Hebrew, "deceive not"; as streams that disappoint the caravan which had expected to find water, as formerly, but find it dried up (Job 6:15-17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 58
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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