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Observances of Fasts
1 “AIs 40:6Cry loudly, do not hold back;
Raise your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their BIs 43:27; 50:1; 59:12transgression
And to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 “Yet they AIs 1:11; Titus 1:16seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways,
As a nation that has done BIs 48:1; Jer 7:9, 10righteousness
And CIs 1:4, 28; 59:13has not forsaken the ordinance of their God.
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight DPs 119:151; Is 29:13; 57:3; James 4:8in the nearness of God.
3 ‘Why have we AMal 3:14; Luke 18:12fasted and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not 1Lit knownotice?’
Behold, on the BIs 22:12, 13; Zech 7:5, 6day of your fast you find your desire,
And drive hard all your workers.
4 “Behold, you fast for contention and AIs 3:14, 15; 59:6strife and to strike with a wicked fist.
You do not fast like you do today to BIs 1:15; 59:2; Joel 2:12-14make your voice heard on high.
5 “Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it for bowing 1Lit hisone’s head like a reed
And for spreading out A1 Kin 21:27sackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even an BIs 49:8; 61:2acceptable day to the Loʀᴅ?
6 “Is this not the fast which I choose,
To ANeh 5:10-12; Jer 34:8loosen the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the bands of the yoke,
And to BIs 1:17let the oppressed go free
And CIs 58:9break every yoke?
And BIs 16:3, 4; Heb 13:2bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the CMatt 25:35, 36; Luke 3:11naked, to cover him;
And not to DDeut 22:1-4; Luke 10:31, 32hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 “Then your AIs 58:10light will break out like the dawn,
And your BIs 30:26; 33:24; Jer 30:17; 33:6recovery will speedily spring forth;
And your CPs 85:13; Is 62:1righteousness will go before you;
The glory of the DEx 14:19; Is 52:12Loʀᴅ will be your rear guard.
9 “Then you will APs 50:15; Is 55:6; 65:24call, and the Loʀᴅ will answer;
You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you BIs 58:6remove the yoke from your midst,
And satisfy the 2Or souldesire of the afflicted,
Then your BJob 11:17; Ps 37:6; Is 42:16; 58:8light will rise in darkness
And your gloom will become like midday.
11 “And the AIs 49:10; 57:18Loʀᴅ will continually guide you,
And BPs 107:9; Is 41:17satisfy your 1Or souldesire in scorched places,
And CIs 66:14give strength to your bones;
And you will be like a DSong 4:15; Is 27:3; Jer 31:12watered garden,
And like a EJohn 4:14; 7:38spring of water whose waters do not 2Or deceivefail.
12 “Those from among you will AIs 49:8; 61:4; Ezek 36:10rebuild the ancient ruins;
You will BIs 44:28raise up the age-old foundations;
And you will be called the repairer of the CIs 30:13; Amos 9:11breach,
The restorer of the 1Lit pathsstreets in which to dwell.
Keeping the Sabbath
13 “If because of the sabbath, you AEx 31:16, 17; 35:2, 3; Is 56:2, 4, 6; Jer 17:21-27turn your foot
From doing your own pleasure on My holy day,
And call the sabbath a BPs 27:4; 42:4; 84:2, 10delight, the holy day of the Loʀᴅ honorable,
And honor it, desisting from your CIs 55:8own ways,
From seeking your own pleasure
And DIs 59:13speaking your own word,
14 Then you will take AJob 22:26; Is 61:10delight in the Loʀᴅ,
And I will make you ride BDeut 32:13; 33:29; Is 33:16; Hab 3:19on the heights of the earth;
And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,
For the CIs 1:20; 40:5mouth of the Loʀᴅ has spoken.”
D58:2 Ps 119:151; Is 29:13; 57:3; James 4:8
158:3 Lit know
B58:3 Is 22:12, 13; Zech 7:5, 6
B58:4 Is 1:15; 59:2; Joel 2:12-14
158:5 Lit his
A58:7 Job 31:19, 20; Is 58:10; Ezek 18:7, 16
158:7 Lit for
C58:7 Matt 25:35, 36; Luke 3:11
D58:7 Deut 22:1-4; Luke 10:31, 32
B58:8 Is 30:26; 33:24; Jer 30:17; 33:6
A58:9 Ps 50:15; Is 55:6; 65:24
158:9 Lit sending out
158:10 Lit furnish
258:10 Or soul
B58:10 Job 11:17; Ps 37:6; Is 42:16; 58:8
158:11 Or soul
D58:11 Song 4:15; Is 27:3; Jer 31:12
258:11 Or deceive
A58:12 Is 49:8; 61:4; Ezek 36:10
158:12 Lit paths
A58:13 Ex 31:16, 17; 35:2, 3; Is 56:2, 4, 6; Jer 17:21-27
B58:13 Ps 27:4; 42:4; 84:2, 10
B58:14 Deut 32:13; 33:29; Is 33:16; Hab 3:19