Isaiah 58:7

“Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and to bring the wandering afflicted home; when you see the naked, that you cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh?”

Isaiah 58:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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The fast God chooses: loosing chains, sharing bread and clothing the nakedJustice and mercy

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Isaiah 58:7, word by word

to shareפָרֹסfaros

break bread

To divide bread and give it to others.

Where else “faros” appears
your breadלַחְמֶlachme

bread

Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.

Where else “lachme” appears
with the hungryרָעֵבraev

hungry

Hungry, suffering hunger.

Where else “raev” appears
and to bringתָּבִיאtavi

bring

To bring something or someone.

Where else “tavi” appears
the wanderingמְרוּדִיםmerudim

homeless, wandering

One who wanders with nowhere to live; also the state of homelessness and want.

Where else “merudim” appears
afflictedעֲנִיִּיםaniyim

poor, afflicted

Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.

Where else “aniyim” appears
homeבָיִתvayit

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “vayit” appears
you seeתִרְאֶהtire

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “tire” appears
the nakedעָרֹםarom

naked

Naked.

Where else “arom” appears
that you cover himכִסִּיתchisit

clothe oneself

To put a garment on to cover the body.

Where else “chisit” appears
hide yourselfתִתְעַלָּםtitalam

ignore

To turn the eyes away; to look the other way when something must be done.

Where else “titalam” appears
from your own fleshבְּשָׂרְbesar

flesh

The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.

Where else “besar” appears

The context

6Is this not the fast that I choose: to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, and to set free the crushed, and that you break every yoke?

7 · This verse (above)

8Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will sprout quickly; and your righteousness will go before you; the glory of YHWH will gather you.

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