Isa 58:8 | JFB | e4.org | 8. light —emblem of prosperity ( ). health —literally, a long bandage, applied by surgeons to heal a wound (compare ). 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 ( ).

‏ Isaiah 58:8

8. light—emblem of prosperity (Isa 58:10; Job 11:17).

health—literally, a long bandage, applied by surgeons to heal a wound (compare Isa 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 (Isa 52:12; Ex 14:19, 20).