Isa 58:6-7 | JFB | e4.org | 6. loose . . . bands of wickedness —that is, to dissolve every tie wherewith one has unjustly bound his fellow men ( , &c.). Servitude, a fraudulent contract, &c. undo . . . heavy burdens — Hebrew, "loose the bands of the yoke." oppressed —literally, "the broken." The expression, "to let go free," implies that those "broken" with the yoke of slavery, are meant ( ). JEROME interprets it, broken with poverty; bankrupt.

‏ Isaiah 58:6-7

6. loose . . . bands of wickedness—that is, to dissolve every tie wherewith one has unjustly bound his fellow men (Le 25:49, &c.). Servitude, a fraudulent contract, &c.

undo . . . heavy burdens—Hebrew, "loose the bands of the yoke."

oppressed—literally, "the broken." The expression, "to let go free," implies that those "broken" with the yoke of slavery, are meant (Ne 5:10-12; Jer 34:9-11, 14, 16). JEROME interprets it, broken with poverty; bankrupt.

7. deal—distribute (Job 31:16-21).

cast out—rather, reduced [HORSLEY].

naked . . . cover him— (Mt 25:36).

hide . . . thyself—means to be strange towards them, and not to relieve them in their poverty (Mt 15:5).

flesh—kindred (Ge 29:14). Also brethren in common descent from Adam, and brethren in Christ (Jas 2:15).