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Isaiah 58:3
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Fasting that Pleases God

1 “Cry aloud,1 spare not;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet;
aTell My people their transgression,
And the house of Jacob their sins. 
2 Yet they seek Me daily,
And delight to know My ways,
As a nation that did righteousness,
And did not forsake the ordinance of their God.
They ask of Me the ordinances of justice;
They take delight in approaching God.
3 ‘Whya have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and1 You have not seen?
Why have we bafflicted our souls, and You take no notice?’
“In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
And exploit all your laborers. 
4 aIndeed you fast for strife and debate,
And to strike with the fist of wickedness.
You will not fast as you do this day,
To make your voice heard on high. 
5 Is ait a fast that I have chosen,
bA day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And cto spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Would you call this a fast,
And an acceptable day to the Lord? 
6 “Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To aloose the bonds of wickedness,
bTo undo the1 heavy burdens,
cTo let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke? 
7 Is it not ato share your bread with the hungry,
And that you bring to your house the poor who are1 cast out;
bWhen you see the naked, that you cover him,
And not hide yourself from cyour own flesh? 


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Interlinear Bible for Isaiah 58:3:


Wherefore
mah (#4100)
have we fasted,
tsuwm (#6684)
say they, and thou seest
ra'ah (#7200)
not?
lo' (#3808)
wherefore have we afflicted
`anah (#6031)
our soul,
nephesh (#5315)
and thou takest no knowledge?
yada` (#3045)
Behold,
hen (#2005)
in the day
yowm (#3117)
of your fast
tsowm (#6685)
ye find
matsa' (#4672)
pleasure,
chephets (#2656)
and exact
nagas (#5065)
all
kol (#3605)
your labors.
`atseb (#6092)



 
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