Discovery BoxIsaiah 58:9-10 
Context58:9 Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond;
you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’
You must 1 remove the burdensome yoke from among you
and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.
58:10 You must 2 actively help the hungry
and feed the oppressed. 3
Then your light will dispel the darkness, 4
and your darkness will be transformed into noonday. 5
1 tn Heb “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 9b-10 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (“if” clauses appear in vv. 9b-10a), with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 10b.
2 tn Heb “if you.” See the note on “you must” in v. 9b.
3 tn Heb “If you furnish for the hungry [with] your being, and the appetite of the oppressed you satisfy.”
4 tn Heb “will rise in the darkness.”
5 tn Heb “and your darkness [will be] like noonday.”
