Isa 58:13 | NET2full | STEP | You must observe the Sabbath rather than doing anything you please on my holy day . You must look forward to the Sabbath and treat the Lord ’s holy day with respect . You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals .

‏ Isaiah 58:13

13 You must ^{▼▼tn Lit., “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 13-14 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (multiple “if” clauses here) appears in v. 13, with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 14.} observe the Sabbath ^{▼▼tn Heb “if you turn from the Sabbath your feet.”}
rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. ^{▼▼tn Heb “[from] doing your desires on my holy day.” The Qumran scroll 1QIsaa supplies the preposition מִן (min) on “doing.”}
You must look forward to the Sabbath ^{▼▼tn Heb “and call the Sabbath a pleasure”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “a delight.”}
and treat the Lord’s holy day with respect. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and [call] the holy [day] of the Lord honored.” On קָדוֹשׁ (qadosh, “holy”) as indicating a time period, see BDB 872 s.v. 2.e (cf. also Neh 8:9-11).}
You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities
and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and you honor it [by refraining] from accomplishing your ways, from finding your desire and speaking a word.” It is unlikely that the last phrase (“speaking a word”) is a prohibition against talking on the Sabbath; instead it probably refers to making transactions or plans (see Hos 10:4). Some see here a reference to idle talk (cf. 2 Sam 19:29).}