Isaiah 58:7

Webster's Bible (1833)

Isn't it to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲל֨וֹא פָרֹ֤ס לָֽרָעֵב֙ לַחְמֶ֔ךָ וַעֲנִיִּ֥ים מְרוּדִ֖ים תָּ֣בִיא בָ֑יִת כִּֽי־תִרְאֶ֤ה עָרֹם֙ וְכִסִּית֔וֹ וּמִבְּשָׂרְךָ֖ לֹ֥א תִתְעַלָּֽם׃

Transliteration

hă-not pārōs to-rāʿēb laḥmekā wa-ʿăniyyîm mərûdîm tābîʾ bāyit when-tirʾeh ʿārōm wə-kissîtô û-from-bəśārəkā not titʿallām

Grammar Details

• *hă*-*lôʾ*: interrogative particle with negative - is not?
• *pārōs*: infinitive absolute - to break/divide
• *lā*-*rāʿēb*: preposition with adjective used as noun - to the hungry
• *laḥmekā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular possessive suffix - your bread
• *wa*-*ʿăniyyîm*: conjunction with adjective masculine plural - and poor
• *mərûdîm*: passive participle masculine plural - homeless/wandering
• *tābîʾ*: imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you bring
• *bāyit*: noun - [to] house
• *kî*-*tirʾeh*: conjunction with imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - when you see
• *ʿārōm*: adjective - naked
• *wə*-*kissîtô*: conjunction with perfect 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and you cover him
• *û*-*mi*-*bəśārəkā*: conjunction with preposition with noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and from your flesh
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *titʿallām*: imperfect 2nd person masculine singular hitpael - you hide yourself

Word Meanings

• *pārōs*: to break/to divide/to share
• *rāʿēb*: hungry/famished
• *laḥmekā*: your bread/your food
• *ʿăniyyîm*: poor/afflicted/humble
• *mərûdîm*: homeless/wandering/cast out
• *tābîʾ*: you bring/you lead/you introduce
• *bāyit*: house/home/dwelling
• *tirʾeh*: you see/you observe/you perceive
• *ʿārōm*: naked/bare
• *kissîtô*: you cover him/you clothe him
• *bəśārəkā*: your flesh/your body/your kin
• *titʿallām*: you hide yourself/you disregard/you ignore

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 18:7 : 7 and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
• Ezek 18:16 : 16 neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
• Luke 3:11 : 11 He answered them, "He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise."
• Isa 58:10 : 10 and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall your light rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday;
• 1 John 3:17-18 : 17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? 18 My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
• Matt 25:35-45 : 35 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; 36 naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.' 37 "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? 38 When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?' 40 "The King will answer them, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, you did it to me.' 41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; 42 for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; 43 I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.' 44 "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?' 45 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'
• Heb 13:2-3 : 2 Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it. 3 Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.
• Isa 16:3-4 : 3 Give counsel, execute justice; make your shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; don't betray the fugitive. 4 Let my outcasts dwell with you; as for Moab, be a covert to him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nothing, destruction ceases, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
• Neh 5:5 : 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children: and, behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
• Job 22:7 : 7 You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
• Job 31:18-21 : 18 (No, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, Her have I guided from my mother's womb); 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering; 20 If his heart hasn't blessed me, If he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece; 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
• Ps 112:9 : 9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
• Prov 22:9 : 9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed; For he shares his food with the poor.
• Prov 25:21 : 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
• Prov 28:27 : 27 One who gives to the poor has no lack; But one who closes his eyes will have many curses.
• Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Cast your bread on the waters; For you shall find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; For you don't know what evil will be on the earth.
• Dan 4:27 : 27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquillity.
• Gen 18:2-5 : 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth, 3 and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant. 4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."
• Gen 19:2 : 2 and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you will rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."
• Gen 19:14 : 14 Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, "Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.
• Judg 9:2 : 2 Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
• Judg 19:20-21 : 20 The old man said, Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants lie on me; only don't lodge in the street. 21 So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.
• 2 Chr 28:15 : 15 The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers: then they returned to Samaria.
• Jas 2:15-16 : 15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, 16 and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
• Luke 10:26-36 : 26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?" 27 He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." 28 He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live." 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?" 30 Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, 34 came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.' 36 Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?"
• Luke 11:41 : 41 But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
• Luke 19:8 : 8 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."
• Acts 16:15 : 15 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.
• Acts 16:34 : 34 He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.
• Rom 12:13 : 13 contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
• Rom 12:20-21 : 20 Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head." 21 Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
• 2 Cor 9:6-9 : 6 Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work. 9 As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever." 10 Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
• 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.
• Phlm 1:7 : 7 For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.