Pentecost Season · Proper 16 · Year C
Isaiah 58:9b-14
True Fasting and Sabbath Delight
August 27, 2028
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"If you remove the yoke from among you... then your light shall rise in the darkness." (Isaiah 58:9b-10)
Isaiah promises restoration to a people who stop pointing fingers and instead feed the hungry. The passage closes with a call to honor the Sabbath as a delight rather than a burden.
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Commentary on Isaiah 58:9b-14 Working Preacher
Connects the passage's 'here I am' to God's own call to Isaiah.
Isaiah 58 Bible Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse notes contrasting empty fasting with true fasting.
Isaiah 58:9 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregates classic commentary on the promise of restored light.
Isaiah 58 (Gill's Exposition) StudyLight
Detailed verse notes on the fasting and Sabbath material.
Isaiah 58:9 Interlinear BibleHub
Shows the underlying Hebrew of the restoration promise.
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