Isaiah 58

Berean Standard Bible

True Fasts and Sabbaths

1“CryH7121 aloudH1627, do notH408 hold backH2820! RaiseH7311 your voiceH6963 like a ram’s hornH7782. DeclareH5046 to My peopleH5971 their transgressionH6588 and to the houseH1004 of JacobH3290 their sinsH2403.2ForH853 dayH3117 after dayH3117 they seek MeH1875 and delightH2654 to knowH1847 My waysH1870, like a nationH1471 thatH834 doesH6213 what is rightH6666 and does notH3808 forsakeH5800 the justiceH4941 of their GodH430. They ask MeH7592 for righteousH6664 judgmentsH4941; they delightH2654 in the nearnessH7132 of GodH430.”

3“WhyH4100 have we fastedH6684,and You have notH3808 seenH7200?Why have we humbledH6031 ourselvesH5315,and You have notH3808 noticedH3045?”

“BeholdH2005, on the dayH3117 of your fastH6685, you doH4672 as you pleaseH2656,and you oppressH5065 allH3605 your workersH6092.4 You fastH6684 with contentionH7379 and strifeH4683to strikeH5221 viciouslyH7562 with your fistH106.You cannotH3808 fastH6684 as you do todayH3117and have your voiceH6963 be heardH8085 on highH4791.

5IsH1961 thisH2088 the fastH6685 I have chosenH977:a dayH3117 for a manH120 to denyH6031 himselfH5315,to bowH3721 his headH7218 like a reedH100,and to spread outH3331 sackclothH8242 and ashesH665?Will you callH7121 thisH2088 a fastH6685and a dayH3117 acceptableH7522 to the LORDH3068?

6Isn’tH3808 thisH2088 the fastH6685 that I have chosenH977:to breakH6605 the chainsH2784 of wickednessH7562,to untieH5425 the cordsH92 of the yokeH4133,to setH7971 the oppressedH7533 freeH2670and tear offH5423 everyH3605 yokeH4133?7Isn’tH3808 it to shareH6536 your breadH3899 with the hungryH7457,to bring the poorH6041 and homelessH4788 intoH935 your homeH1004,to clotheH3680 the nakedH6174 whenH3588 you see himH7200,and notH3808 to turn awayH5956from your own flesh and bloodH1320?

8ThenH227 your lightH216 will break forthH1234 like the dawnH7837,and your healingH724 will comeH6779 quicklyH4120.Your righteousnessH6664 will goH1980 before youH6440,and the gloryH3519 of the LORDH3068 will be your rear guardH622.9ThenH227 you will callH7121, and the LORDH3068 will answerH6030;you will cry outH7768, and He will sayH559, ‘Here I amH2005.’IfH518 you removeH5493 the yokeH4133 from your midstH8432,the pointingH7971 of the fingerH676 and maliciousH205 talkH1696,10and if you giveH6329 yourselfH5315 to the hungryH7457and satisfyH7646 the afflictedH6031 soulH5315,then your lightH216 will go forthH2224 in the darknessH2822,and your nightH653 will be like noondayH6672.11The LORDH3068 will alwaysH8548 guide youH5148;He will satisfyH7646 youH5315 in a sun-scorched landH6710and strengthenH2502 your frameH6106.You will beH1961 like a well-wateredH7302 gardenH1588,like a springH4161 H4325 whose watersH4325 neverH3808 failH3576.12Your peopleH4480 will rebuildH1129 the ancientH5769 H4144 ruinsH2723;you will restoreH6965 the age-oldH1755 foundationsH1755;you will be calledH7121 RepairerH1443 of the BreachH6556,RestorerH7725 of the StreetsH5410 of DwellingH3427.

13IfH518 you turnH7725 your footH7272 from breaking the SabbathH7676,from doingH6213 as you pleaseH2656 on My holyH6944 dayH3117,if you callH7121 the SabbathH7676 a delightH6027,and the LORD’sH3068 holyH6918 day honorableH3513,if you honor itH3513 by not goingH6213 your own wayH1870or seekingH4672 your own pleasureH2656 or speakingH1696 idle wordsH1697,14thenH227 you will delightH6026 yourself inH5921 the LORDH3068,and I will make you rideH7392 onH5921 the heightsH1116 of the landH776and feed youH398 with the heritageH5159 of your fatherH1 JacobH3290.”ForH3588 the mouthH6310 of the LORDH3068 has spokenH1696.