Isa 58:9-10 | NET2full | STEP | Then you will call out , and the Lord will respond ; you will cry out , and he will reply , ‘ Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully .

Isaiah 58:9-10

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