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A Promise with a Prerequisite
Multiple commentators, especially Charles Spurgeon, stress that these incredible promises are conditional. They are the direct result of fulfilling the commands in the preceding verses: to genuinely care for the hungry and afflicted. God's promise of guidance, satisfaction, and strength is presented as a reward for a life of active compassion. As one scholar puts it, in God's economy, 'by giving comes getting.'
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 58:11
18th Century
Theologian
And the Lord shall guide you continually - Yahweh will go before you and will lead you always.
And satisfy your soul …
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 58:11
19th Century
Bishop
In drought. —Literally, droughts, either with the force of intensity or as meaning “dry places.”
And make f…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 58:10–11
19th Century
Preacher
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 58:11
16th Century
Theologian
And Jehovah will always conduct you. He now describes more clearly what he had spoken briefly and figuratively, that God will be their gui…
John Gill
On Isaiah 58:11
17th Century
Pastor
And the Lord shall guide you continually With his counsel, by his word, and by his Spirit, and that night and day; as he …
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 58:3–12
17th Century
Minister
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. Th…