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32 It shall be to you a Sabbath of complete rest, and you shall humble yourselves;[a] on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening you shall keep your Sabbath.”

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  1. 23.32 Or shall fast

“Why do we fast, but you do not see?
    Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?”
Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day
    and oppress all your workers.(A)

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Is such the fast that I choose,
    a day to humble oneself?
Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush
    and to lie in sackcloth and ashes?
Will you call this a fast,
    a day acceptable to the Lord?(A)

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