1 “Shout aloud! Don’t hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Declare to my people their rebellions, a58:1 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT read rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins. ISV — Isaiah 58:1
2 They b58:2 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads And they seek me day after day, c58:2 Lit. me day and day; so 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsad MT read me day, day and are eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practices righteousness and has not forsaken the justice of their God. “They ask me to reveal just decisions; they are eager to draw near to God. ISV — Isaiah 58:2
3 ‘Why have we fasted,’ they ask, d58:3 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX MT lack they ask ‘but you do not see? ‘Why have we humbled ourselves,’ e58:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab LXX; MT reads ourself they ask, f58:3 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX MT lack they ask ‘but you take no notice?’” “Look! On your fast day you serve your own interest and oppress all your workers. ISV — Isaiah 58:3
4 “Look! You fast only for quarreling, and for g58:4 So 1QIsab 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack for fighting, and for hitting with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice heard on high. ISV — Isaiah 58:4
5 “Is this the kind of fast that I have chosen, merely a day for a person to humble himself? Is it merely for bowing down one’s head like a bulrush, for lying h58:5 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX read and for lying on sackcloth and ashes? Is this what you i58:5 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad LXX (pl.); 1QIsab MT (sing.) call a fast, an j58:5 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads and an acceptable day to the LORD? ISV — Isaiah 58:5
6 Isn’t this the k58:6 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack the fast that l58:6 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack that I have been choosing: to loose the bonds of injustice, and m58:6 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack and to untie the cords of the yoke, and n58:6 So 1QIsaa MT; 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX lack and to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? ISV — Isaiah 58:6
7 Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, and to bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him with clothing, o58:7 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack with clothing and not to raise yourself up p58:7 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read to hide yourself; LXX reads to disregard from your own flesh and blood?” ISV — Isaiah 58:7
8 “Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will spring up quickly; and your vindication will go before you, and q58:8 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab LXX; MT lacks and the glory of the LORD will guard your back. ISV — Isaiah 58:8
9 Then you’ll call, and the LORD will answer; you’ll cry for help, and he’ll respond, ‘Here I am.’ “If you do away with the yoke among you, and r58:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack and pointing fingers and malicious talk; ISV — Isaiah 58:9
10 if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the needs of afflicted souls, then your light will rise in darkness, and your night will be like noonday. ISV — Isaiah 58:10
11 And the LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in parched places, s58:11 1QIsaa spells the word places incorrectly and they t58:11 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads he; LXX reads and your bones will be strengthened will strengthen your bones; and you’ll be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail. ISV — Isaiah 58:11
12 And your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; You’ll raise up the age-old foundations, u58:12 Lit. the foundations of many generations and people will call you v58:12 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read you will be called ‘Repairer of Broken Walls,’ ‘Restorer of Streets to Live In.’ ISV — Isaiah 58:12
13 “If you keep your feet from trampling the Sabbath, from w58:13 So 1QIsaa 4QIsan; 1QIsab MT lack from pursuing your own interests on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and x58:13 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsan; MT LXX lack and the LORD’s holy day honorable; and if you honor it by not going your own ways y58:13 So 1QIsaa 4QIsan MT; 1QIsab reads way and z58:13 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT lack and seeking your own pleasure or speaking merely idle aa58:13 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsan MT LXX lack merely idle words, ISV — Isaiah 58:13
14 then you will take delight in the LORD, and he bb58:14 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsan LXX; MT reads and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth; and he cc58:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab 4QIsan MT read and I will make you feast on the inheritance of your ancestor Jacob, your father. “Yes! The mouth of the LORD has spoken.” ISV — Isaiah 58:14