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And to strike with the fist of wickedness. And your darkness shall be as the
You will not fast as you do this day, noonday.
To make your voice heard on high. 11 The LORD will guide you
5 Is it a fast that I have chosen, continually,
A day for a man to afflict his soul? And satisfy your soul in drought,
Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, And strengthen your bones;
And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? You shall be like a watered garden,
Would you call this a fast, And like a spring of water, whose
And an acceptable day to the LORD? waters do not fail.
12 Those from among you
6 “Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To loose the bonds of wickedness, Shall build the old waste places;
You shall raise up the foundations of
To undo the heavy burdens, many generations;
To let the oppressed go free, And you shall be called the Repairer of
And that you break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your bread with the the Breach,
hungry, The Restorer of Streets to
And that you bring to your house the Dwell In.
poor who are cast out; 13 “If you turn away your foot from the
When you see the naked, that you Sabbath,
cover him, From doing your pleasure on My holy
And not hide yourself from your own day,
flesh? And call the Sabbath a delight,
The holy day of the LORD honorable,
And shall honor Him, not doing your
own ways,
58:3–7 Why…? The people complained when Nor finding your own pleasure,
God did not recognize their religious actions, Nor speaking your own words,
but God responded that their fastings had 14 Then you shall delight yourself in the
been only halfhearted. Hypocritical fasting LORD;
resulted in contention, quarreling, and pre- And I will cause you to ride on the high
tense, excluding the possibility of genuine
prayer to God. Fasting consisted of more than hills of the earth,
just an outward ritual and a mock repentance. And feed you with the heritage of
It involved penitence over sin and consequent Jacob your father.
humility, disconnecting from sin and oppres- The mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
sion of others, feeding the hungry, and acting
humanely toward those in need.

58:14 delight yourself in the LORD. Repentant
8 Then your light shall break forth like ones walking in fellowship with the Lord expe-
the morning, rience satisfaction of soul (Ps. 37:4).Their satis-
Your healing shall spring forth speedily, faction will not come from material goods.
And your righteousness shall go
before you;
The glory of the LORD shall be your
rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the LORD will Psalm 114:1–8
answer; hen Israel went out of Egypt,
You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here WThe house of Jacob from a
I am.’ people of strange language,
2 Judah became His sanctuary,
“If you take away the yoke from your And Israel His dominion.
midst,
The pointing of the finger, and 3 The sea saw it and fled;
speaking wickedness, Jordan turned back.
10 If you extend your soul to the hungry 4 The mountains skipped like rams,
And satisfy the afflicted soul, The little hills like lambs.
Then your light shall dawn in the 5 What ails you, O sea, that you fled?
darkness, O Jordan, that you turned back?

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