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12 Then your ancient ruins will be rebuilt,
and you will restore the foundations from past generations.
Then you will be called the repairer of broken walls,
the restorer of streets to live on.

13 If you do not trample the Sabbath
    by doing whatever you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight,
if you treat the holy day of the Lord as something to be honored,
if you honor it by not going your own way,[a]
by not pursuing pleasure or negotiating a deal,
14 then you will delight in the Lord.
I will cause you to ride over the heights of the land.
I will provide food for you from the land inherited from
    your father Jacob.
Yes, the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

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  1. Isaiah 58:13 Or doing your own thing

12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins(A)
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;(B)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,(C)
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath(D)
    and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight(E)
    and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
    and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,(F)
14 then you will find your joy(G) in the Lord,
    and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights(H) of the land
    and to feast on the inheritance(I) of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(J)

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