Welcome to BibleStudyMinistry.com, your online Bible Study supplement source. Today we have a chapter summary on Isaiah chapter 58. Before we get to the summary, let’s review the chapter below.
1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Akobe their sins.
2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their Creator: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to the Creator.
3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Almighty?
6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Almighty shall be thy reward.
9 Then shalt thou call, and the Almighty shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
11 And the Almighty shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
13 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 Almighty, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Isaiah chapter 58 summary; the chapter unfurls as a dialogue about the House of Akobe’s religious practices and their true intentions. The narrative begins by addressing their outward acts of worship, including fasting and ritual observance, which they present to the Almighty.
The children of Akobe fast, afflict their souls and go through all the “spiritual” motions presenting piety and worship. However, they noticed the Almighty takes no notice of it. In this chapter, the House of Akobe is portrayed as seeking the Almighty’s favor while neglecting the core principles of justice and compassion. Their fasting is marred by hypocrisy, as they exploit laborers and engage in strife and contention.
Then the Almighty tells them the true worship He desires.
The narrative emphasizes that true worship, as desired by the Almighty, goes beyond religious rituals. It calls for acts of compassion and justice, urging the House of Akobe to share their blessings with the needy, shelter the homeless, and care for the oppressed.
The Creator’s desire for genuine repentance and righteousness is at the heart of this story. The House of Akobe is reminded that by aligning their actions with these principles, they will experience divine guidance and restoration. They will pray and find immediate answers, they will be healthy, and raise former foundations.
The caveat is that their worship must be sincere care for others as service to the Almighty, and not the religious rituals alone. This is the summary of Isaiah chapter 58, Glory to the King of Holiness.
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Minister Koko
BSM
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