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Isaiah 58:2-5

2Yettheyseekיִדְרֹשׁ֔וּןyid.ro.ShunH1875medaily,anddelightH2654toknowmywaysדְּרָכַ֖יde.ra.KhaiH1870,asanationכְּג֞וֹיke.GoyH1471thatdoethrighteousnessצְדָקָ֣הtze.da.KahH6666,andhathnotforsakentheordinanceH4941oftheirGodאֱלֹהָיו֙'e.lo.HavH430;theyaskיִשְׁאָל֙וּנִי֙yish.'a.Lu.niH7592ofmetheordinancesH4941ofrighteousnessH6666,theytakedelightH2654inapproachingtoGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430:

3— Whereforehavewefastedצַּ֙מְנוּ֙tzam.nuH6684,andthou seestnot;haveafflictedoursoulH5315,andthou takestnoknowledge?Behold,inthedayבְּי֤וֹםbe.YomH3117ofyourfastצֹֽמְכֶם֙tzo.me.KhemH6685yefindתִּמְצְאוּ־tim.tze.'u-H4672whatpleaseth [you],andexactallyourlabours.

4Behold, yehavefastedתָּצ֔וּמוּta.Tzu.muH6684forstrifeלְרִ֤יבle.RivH7379anddebate,andtosmitewiththefistבְּאֶגְרֹ֣ףbe.'eg.RofH106ofwickednessרֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'H7562; yedonotatpresentfastתָצ֣וּמוּta.Tzu.muH6684,tocauseH7379yourvoiceקוֹלְכֶֽם׃kol.KhemH6963tobeheardH8085onhighH4791.

5Issuchthefastצ֣וֹםTzomH6685thatIhavechosenאֶבְחָרֵ֔הוּ'ev.cha.Re.huH977,adayי֛וֹםYomH3117foramanH120toafflictH6031hissoulH5315, —thatheshouldbowdownהֲלָכֹ֨ףha.la.KhofH3721hisheadרֹאשׁ֗וֹro.ShoH7218asabulrushכְּאַגְמֹ֜ןke.'ag.MonH100,andspreadH3331sackclothוְשַׂ֤קve.SakH8242andashesוָאֵ֙פֶר֙va.'E.ferH665[underhim]? Wilt thoucallתִּקְרָא־tik.ra'-H7121thisafastצ֔וֹםTzomH6685,andadayוְי֥וֹםve.YomH3117acceptabletoJehovah?

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