Good morning!
I was listening to one of the Deuteronomy readings this morning and the phrase “hide yourself” caught my attention in Deuteronomy 22. It’s the same phrase used in Isaiah 58 concerning the true fast, which I haven’t really understood what it meant there. Anyway, in the attached screenshot, these are the verses in Deuteronomy and in Isaiah 58. So what it seems like to me is that in Isaiah 58, part of the true fast is basically to help your brother when you see he is in real need and you have the ability to help him, and not to “hide yourself”, or ignore/turn a blind eye to his need. Of course, that is right to do anyway, but do you think that is what Isaiah 58 is saying?
Thanks!
Lyn
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Yes, Lyn, I think you are on the right track there. It is a biblical phrase that is not that clear in its meaning, but what you are thinking cannot be far off the right track.
Pastor John
