Thenאָזyour lightאוֹרֶךָwill break forthיִבָּקַעlike the dawn,כַּשַּׁחַרand your healingוַאֲרֻכָתְךָwill sproutתִצְמָחquickly;מְהֵרָהandוְyour righteousnessצִדְקֶךָwill goהָלַךְbefore you;לְפָנֶיךָthe gloryכְּבוֹדof YHWHיְהוָהwill gather you.יַאַסְפֶךָ
Isaiah 58:8
Study it in the app“Then 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.”
The fast God chooses: loosing chains, sharing bread and clothing the nakedJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 58:8, word by word
- your lightאוֹרֶore
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “ore” appears- will break forthיִבָּקַעyibaka
split
To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.
Where else “yibaka” appears- like the dawnשַּׁחַרshachar
dawn
Dawn, daybreak.
Where else “shachar” appears- and your healingאֲרֻכָתְaruchat
healing, restoration
Restoration, healing: the new flesh that closes a wound. Said also of a wall or a work being repaired.
Where else “aruchat” appears- will sproutתִצְמָחtitsmach
sprout
Sprout, spring up; begin to grow.
Where else “titsmach” appears- quicklyמְהֵרָהmehera
haste, quickly
Haste; as an adverb, "quickly."
Where else “mehera” appears- your righteousnessצִדְקֶtsidke
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsidke” appears- will goהָלַךְhalach
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halach” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- the gloryכְּבוֹדkevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevod” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- will gather youיַאַסְפֶyaasfe
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “yaasfe” appears
Translation note
“Will gather you” is the same verb as “your rear guard” in 52:12; it can be understood that it will go behind you, closing the march.
The context
7Is 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?
8 · This verse (above)
9Then you will call, and YHWH will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove from your midst the yoke, the pointing of the finger and the speaking of wickedness,