The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 58:11

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The Lord shall guide thee continually; i.e. "direct thee in all thy paths—teach thee the way that thou shouldst walk in." In drought. In time of spiritual depression and weariness. Make fat thy bones; i.

e. sustain thy strength. Thou shall; be like a watered garden (comp. Jeremiah 31:12).

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