Isaiah 58
ASV
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

ModeStrong’s numbers

American Standard Version

Isaiah 58:2-8

2Yet they seekH1875 me daily, and delightH2654 to know my waysH1870: as a nationH1471 that did righteousnessH6666, and forsook not the ordinanceH4941 of their GodH430, they askH7592 of me righteous judgmentsH4941; they delightH2654 to draw near unto GodH430.

3Wherefore have we fastedH6684, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soulH5315, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the dayH3117 of your fastH6685 ye findH4672 your ownH5315 pleasureH2656, and exact all your labors.

4Behold, ye fastH6684 for strifeH7379 and contention, and to smite with the fistH106 of wickednessH7562: ye fastH6684 not this dayH3117 so as to makeH8085 your voiceH6963 to be heardH8085 on highH4791.

5Is such the fastH6685 that I have chosenH977? the dayH3117 for a manH120 to afflictH6031 his soulH5315? Is it to bow downH3721 his headH7218 as a rush, and to spreadH3331 sackclothH8242 and ashesH665 under him? wilt thou callH7121 this a fastH6685, and an acceptable dayH3117 to Jehovah?

6Is not this the fastH6685 that I have chosenH977: to loose the bonds of wickednessH7562, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed goH7971 freeH2670, and that ye break every yoke?

7Is it not to deal thy breadH3899 to the hungryH7457, and that thou bringH935 the poorH6041 that are cast out to thy houseH1004? when thou seest the nakedH6174, that thou coverH3680 him; and that thou hideH5956 not thyself from thine own fleshH1320?

8ThenH227 shall thy lightH216 breakH1234 forth as the morning, and thy healing shall springH6779 forth speedily; and thy righteousnessH6664 shall goH1980 before thee; the gloryH3519 of Jehovah shall be thy rearward.

Read all of Isaiah 58

Commentaries on Isaiah 58

American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain