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Isaiah 58:4-6
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 58:4-6
New American Standard Bible
4 Behold, you fast for contention and (A)strife, and to strike with a wicked fist.
You do not fast like you have done today to (B)make your voice heard on high!
5 Is it a fast like this that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it for bowing [a]one’s head like a reed
And for spreading out (C)sackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even an (D)acceptable day to the Lord?
6 Is this not the fast that I choose:
To (E)release the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the ropes of the yoke,
And to (F)let the oppressed go free,
And (G)break every yoke?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:5 Lit his
Isaiah 58:4-6
New International Version
Isaiah 58:4-6
New International Version
4 Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,(A)
and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
and expect your voice to be heard(B) on high.
5 Is this the kind of fast(C) I have chosen,
only a day for people to humble(D) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed(E)
and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?(F)
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the Lord?
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