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10 if you pour yourself out for the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of afflicted souls,
then your light will rise in darkness,
    and your night will be like noonday.
11 And the Lord will guide you continually,
    and satisfy your soul in parched places,[a]
        and they[b] will strengthen your bones;
and you’ll be like a watered garden,
    like a spring of water,
        whose waters never fail.
12 And your people will rebuild the ancient ruins;
    You’ll raise up the age-old foundations,[c]
and people will call you[d] ‘Repairer of Broken Walls,’
    ‘Restorer of Streets to Live In.’

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:11 1QIsaa spells the word places incorrectly
  2. Isaiah 58:11 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads he; LXX reads and your bones will be strengthened
  3. Isaiah 58:12 Lit. the foundations of many generations
  4. Isaiah 58:12 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read you will be called