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11 And Yahweh will lead you continually, and satisfy your soul in a barren land,
    and he will strengthen your bones,
and you shall be like a well-watered garden,
    and like a spring of water whose water does not fail.
12 And they shall rebuild ancient ruins from you;
    you shall erect the foundations of many generations,[a]
and you shall be called[b] the bricklayer of the breach,
    the restorer of paths to live in.
13 If you hold your foot back from the Sabbath,
    from doing your affairs on my holy day,[c]
if[d] you call the Sabbath a pleasure,
    the holy day of Yahweh honorable,
if[e] you honor him more than[f] doing your ways,
    than finding your affairs[g] and speaking a word,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:12 Literally “generation and generation”
  2. Isaiah 58:12 Literally “shall be called to you”
  3. Isaiah 58:13 Literally “the day of my holiness”
  4. Isaiah 58:13 Or “and”
  5. Isaiah 58:13 Literally “and”
  6. Isaiah 58:13 Literally “from”
  7. Isaiah 58:13 Hebrew “affair”

11 The Lord will guide(A) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs(B) in a sun-scorched land(C)
    and will strengthen(D) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,(E)
    like a spring(F) whose waters never fail.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins(G)
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;(H)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,(I)
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath(J)
    and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight(K)
    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,(L)

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