11 The Lord will always lead you,
satisfy you in a parched land,
and strengthen your bones.
You will be like a watered garden(A)
and like a spring whose waters never run dry.(B)
12 Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins;(C)
you will restore the foundations laid long ago;[a](D)
you will be called the repairer of broken walls,
the restorer of streets where people live.

13 “If you keep from desecrating[b] the Sabbath,(E)
from doing whatever you want on My holy day;
if you call the Sabbath a delight,
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,(F)
seeking your own pleasure, or talking too much;[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:12 Lit foundations generation and generation
  2. Isaiah 58:13 Lit keep your foot from
  3. Isaiah 58:13 Lit or speak a word

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