Isaiah 58:7

“Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry? &c.] Or “to break”f1144 it, divide it, and communicate it to them; that which is “bread”, food fit to eat, wholesome and nourishing; which is thine, and not another’s; which thou hast saved by fasting, and therefore should not be laid up, but given away; and that not to the rich, who need it not, but to the hungry and necessitous: and this may be understood of spiritual bread, of imparting the Gospel to such who are hungering and thirsting after righteousness, which to do is an acceptable service to God; and not to bind and oppress men’s consciences with burdensome rites and ceremonies of men’s own devising. These are husks, and not bread. And that…”

“deal--distribute (Job 31:16-21). cast out--rather, reduced [HORSLEY]. naked . . . cover him-- (Mat 25:36). hide . . . thyself--means to be strange towards them, and not to relieve them in their poverty (Mat 15:5). flesh--kindred (Gen 29:14). Also brethren in common descent from Adam, and brethren in Christ (Jam 2:15).”

“Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry? - The word renderd ‘deal’ (פרס pâras), means to divide, to distribute. The idea is, that we are to apportion among the poor that which will be needful for their support, as a father does to his children. This is everywhere enjoined in the Bible, and was especially regarded among the Orientals as an indispensable duty of religion. Thus Job Job 31:16-22 beautifully speaks of his own practice: If I have witheld the poor from his desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or any poor without covering; - ... Then…”

“Cast out - And thereby become wanderers, having no abiding place. To thy house - That thou be hospitable, and make thy house a shelter to them that have none of their own left. Hide not - That seek no occasion to excuse thyself. Thy own flesh - Some confine this to our own kindred; but we can look on no man, but there we contemplate our own flesh, and therefore it is barbarous, not only to tear, but not to love and succour him. Therefore feed him as thou wouldest feed thyself, or be fed; shelter him as thou wouldest shelter thyself, or be sheltered; clothe him as thou wouldest clothe thyself, or be clothed; if in any of these respects thou wert in his circumstances. Isaiah 58:8”

“to deal: Isa 58:10; Job 22:7, Job 31:18-21; Psa 112:9; Pro 22:9, Pro 25:21, Pro 28:27; Ecc 11:1, Ecc 11:2; Eze 18:7, Eze 18:16; Dan 4:27; Mat 25:35-40; Luk 11:41, Luk 19:8; Rom 12:20, Rom 12:21; Co2 9:6-10; Ti1 5:10; Plm 1:7; Jam 2:15, Jam 2:16; Jo1 3:17, Jo1 3:18 bring: Isa 16:3, Isa 16:4; Gen 18:2-5, Gen 19:2; Jdg 19:20, Jdg 19:21; Act 16:15, Act 16:34; Rom 12:13; Heb 13:2, Heb 13:3 cast out: or, afflicted the naked: Ch2 28:15; Job 31:19, Job 31:20; Eze 18:7; Mat 25:35-45; Luk 3:11 thine own: Gen 19:14; Jdg 9:2; Neh 5:5; Luk 10:26-36; Jo1 3:17 Isaiah 58:8”