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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 58:8 - 58:8
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light - emblem of prosperity (Isa 58:10; Job 11:17).
health - literally, a long bandage, applied by surgeons to heal a wound (compare Isa 1:6). Hence restoration from all past calamities.
go before thee - Thy conformity to the divine covenant acts as a leader, conducting thee to peace and prosperity.
glory ... reward - like the pillar of cloud and fire, the symbol of God’s “glory,” which went behind Israel, separating them from their Egyptian pursuers (Isa 52:12; Exo 14:19, Exo 14:20).