Isaiah 58:1-7

1“1Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their 2transgression And to the house of Jacob their sins.2Yet they 3seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done 4righteousness And 5has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, They delight 6in the nearness of God.3‘Why have we 7fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not 8notice?’ Behold, on the 9day of your fast you find your desire, And drive hard all your workers.4Behold, you fast for contention and 10strife and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast like you do today to 11make your voice heard on high.5Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing 12one’s head like a reed And for spreading out 13sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an 14acceptable day to the Lord?6Is this not the fast which I choose, To 15loosen the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the yoke, And to 16let the oppressed go free And 17break every yoke?7Is it not to 18divide your bread 19with the hungry And 20bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the 21naked, to cover him; And not to 22hide yourself from your own flesh?