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Isaiah 58:2-8

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?

6Isnotthisthefastצ֣וֹםTzomH6685whichIhavechosenאֶבְחָרֵהוּ֒'ev.cha.re.HuH977:toloosethebandsofwickednessרֶ֔שַׁעRe.sha'H7562,toundothethongsoftheyoke,andtosendH7971forthH7971freeחָפְשִׁ֔יםcha.fe.ShimH2670thecrushedרְצוּצִים֙re.tzu.TzimH7533,andthatyebreakeveryyoke?

7Isitnottodeal thybreadלַחְמֶ֔ךָlach.Me.khaH3899tothehungryלָֽרָעֵב֙la.ra.'EvH7457,andthatthoubringתָּ֣בִיאTa.vi'H935tothyhouseבָ֑יִתVa.yitH1004theneedywanderers;whenthou seestthenakedעָרֹם֙'a.RomH6174,thatthoucoverוְכִסִּית֔וֹve.khi.si.ToH3680him;andthatthouhideתִתְעַלָּֽם׃tit.'a.LamH5956notthyselffromthine ownfleshוּמִבְּשָׂרְךָ֖u.mi.be.sa.re.KhaH1320?

8Thenאָ֣ז'azH227shallthylightאוֹרֶ֔ךָ'o.Re.khaH216breakיִבָּקַ֤עyi.ba.Ka'H1234forthasthedawnכַּשַּׁ֙חַר֙ka.Sha.charH7837,andthyhealthshallspringתִצְמָ֑חtitz.MachH6779forthspeedily;andthyrighteousnessצִדְקֶ֔ךָtzid.Ke.chaH6664shallgoוְהָלַ֤ךְve.ha.LakhH1980beforethee,thegloryכְּב֥וֹדke.VodH3519ofJehovahshallbethy rearguard.

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