Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Isaiah 58:8
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Isaiah58:8
8. light--emblem of prosperity (Is 58:10; Job 11:17).
health--literally, a long bandage, applied by surgeons to heal a wound (compare Is 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 (Is 52:12; Ex 14:19, 20).
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