Isaiah 58
58"Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins.H7121H1627H2820H7311H6963H7782H5046H5971H6588H1004H3290H24032"Yet they seek Me day by day, and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness, And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me [for] just decisions, They delight in the nearness of God.H1875H3117H3117H2654H1847H1870H1471H6213H6666H5800H4941H430H7592H4941H6664H2654H7132H4303'Why have we fasted and Thou dost not see? [Why] have we humbled ourselves and Thou dost not notice?' Behold, on the day of your fast you find [your] desire, And drive hard all your workers.H6684H7200H6031H5315H3045H3117H6685H4672H2656H5065H60924"Behold, you fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast like [you do] today to make your voice heard on high.H6684H7379H4683H5221H106H7562H6684H3117H6963H8085H47915"Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one's head like a reed, And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the LORD?H6685H977H3117H120H6031H5315H3721H7218H100H3331H8242H665H7121H2088H6685H7522H3117H30686"Is this not the fast which I choose, To loosen the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the yoke, And to let the oppressed go free, And break every yoke?H6685H977H6605H2784H7562H5425H4133H92H7533H7971H2670H5423H41337"Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry, And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, to cover him; And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?H6536H3899H7457H935H6041H4788H1004H7200H6174H3680H5956H13208"Then your light will break out like the dawn, And your recovery will speedily spring forth; And your righteousness will go before you; The glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.H216H1234H7837H724H6779H4120H6664H1980H6440H3519H3068H6229"Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; You will cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,H7121H3068H6030H7768H559H5493H8432H4133H7971H676H1696H20510And if you give yourself to the hungry, And satisfy the desire of the afflicted, Then your light will rise in darkness, And your gloom [will become] like midday.H6329H5315H7457H7646H6031H5315H216H2224H2822H653H667211"And the LORD will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.H3068H5148H8548H7646H5315H6710H2502H6106H7302H1588H4161H4325H4325H357612"And those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell.H1129H5769H2723H6965H4146H1755H1755H7121H1443H6556H7725H5410H342713"If because of the sabbath, you turn your foot From doing your [ own] pleasure on My holy day, And call the sabbath a delight, the holy [day] of the LORD honorable, And shall honor it, desisting from your [own] ways, From seeking your [own] pleasure, And speaking [your own] word,H7725H7272H7676H6213H2656H6944H3117H7121H7676H6027H6918H3068H3513H3513H6213H1870H4672H2656H1696H169714Then you will take delight in the LORD, And I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; And I will feed you [with] the heritage of Jacob your father, For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. "H6026H3068H7392H1116H776H398H5159H3290H1H6310H3068H1696
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