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Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
    and your healing shall grow quickly.
And your salvation shall go before you;
    the glory of Yahweh will be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and Yahweh himself will answer.
    You shall cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am!’
If you remove from among you the yoke,
    the finger-pointing[a] and evil speech,[b]
10 if[c] you offer your soul to the hungry,
    and you satisfy the appetite of the afflicted,
then[d] your light shall rise in the darkness,
    and your darkness will be like noon.

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  1. Isaiah 58:9 Literally “stretching out of the finger”
  2. Isaiah 58:9 Literally “the speaking of evil”
  3. Isaiah 58:10 Or “and”
  4. Isaiah 58:10 Or “and”

Then your light will break forth like the dawn,(A)
    and your healing(B) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness[a](C) will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.(D)
Then you will call,(E) and the Lord will answer;(F)
    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger(G) and malicious talk,(H)
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,(I)
then your light(J) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.(K)

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  1. Isaiah 58:8 Or your righteous One