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Give counsel, execute justice; make your shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; don`t betray the fugitive.
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A Shadow in the Noonday
Commentators explain that the phrase “make thy shade as the night in the midst of the noonday” is a powerful call for radical hospitality. It means providing complete, secure, and refreshing protection to vulnerable refugees, just as the deep darkness of night offers total relief from the scorching midday sun. This is a timeless command for believers to offer a safe haven to the outcast and the wandering.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Take counsel – Hebrew, ‘Bring counsel;’ or cause it to come (הבאו hâbı̂'ı̂û — or as it is in the keri הביאי
19th Century
Anglican
Make your shadow as the night ... —The whole verse is addressed, as the context shows, not by the prophet to Moa…
16th Century
Protestant
Assemble a council. He proceeds with the same subject. For if we wish to understand this passage rightly, we must set before our minds the…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Take counsel, execute judgment This refers either to what goes before, that they would take the counsel given, and d…
God tells sinners what they may do to prevent ruin; so He does to Moab. Let them send the tribute they formerly engaged to pay to Judah. Take it as…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Send forth, O Lord, the lamb. Here he describes the state of their punishment, and he sets out two conditions:
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