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Isaiah 58:13

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¶ If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:

If thou turn away {H7725} thy foot {H7272} from the sabbath {H7676}, from doing {H6213} thy pleasure {H2656} on my holy {H6944} day {H3117}; and call {H7121} the sabbath {H7676} a delight {H6027}, the holy {H6918} of the LORD {H3068}, honourable {H3513}; and shalt honour {H3513} him, not doing {H6213} thine own ways {H1870}, nor finding {H4672} thine own pleasure {H2656}, nor speaking {H1696} thine own words {H1697}:

"If you hold back your foot on Shabbat from pursuing your own interests on my holy day; if you call Shabbat a delight, ADONAI's holy day, worth honoring; then honor it by not doing your usual things or pursuing your interests or speaking about them.

If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 17:21 (26 votes)

    Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem;

  • Jeremiah 17:27 (26 votes)

    But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

  • Psalms 92:1 (21 votes)

    ¶ A Psalm [or] Song for the sabbath day. [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

  • Psalms 92:2 (21 votes)

    To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

  • Nehemiah 13:15 (20 votes)

    ¶ In those days saw I in Judah [some] treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all [manner of] burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified [against them] in the day wherein they sold victuals.

  • Nehemiah 13:22 (20 votes)

    And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and [that] they should come [and] keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, [concerning] this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

  • Isaiah 56:2 (20 votes)

    Blessed [is] the man [that] doeth this, and the son of man [that] layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.