Book of Isaiah, Chapter 58
Chapter 58 of Isaiah
lift up your voice like a trumpet;
declare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
and did not forsake the ordinance of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments,
they delight to draw near to God.
Why have we humbled ourselves, and thou takest no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,[a]
and oppress all your workers.
and to hit with wicked fist.
Fasting like yours this day
will not make your voice to be heard on high.
a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a rush,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the LORD?
to loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the thongs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
and your healing shall spring up speedily;
your righteousness shall go before you,
the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am.
¶ “If you take away from the midst of you the yoke,
the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
then shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.
and satisfy your desire with good things,[b]
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters fail not.
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to dwell in.
from doing your pleasure[c] on my holy day,
and call the sabbath a delight
and the holy day of the LORD honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
or seeking your own pleasure,[d] or talking idly;
and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth;
I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”FOOTNOTES
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