Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry - Lowth, on the authority of eight manuscripts, renders this, ' If thou bring forth thy bread to the hungry.' So the Syriac and Noyes. But the authority is not sufficient to justify the change in the text, nor is it necessary. The word ' soul' here is synonymous with heart, or benevolent affection; and the idea is, if they expressed benevolent affection or kindness toward those in want.
Then shall thy light rise in obscurity - That is, it will be as if the cheerful light of the sun should rise amidst the shades of midnight. The sense is, that their calamities and trials would be suddenly succeeded by the bright and cheerful light of prosperity.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 58:10:
Psalms 66:18
Isaiah 30:26
Isaiah 56:2
Isaiah 58:14
Isaiah 60:1
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