Isaiah 58:2-8

2Yet they 1seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done 2righteousness And 3has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, They delight 4in the nearness of God.3‘Why have we 5fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not 6notice?’ Behold, on the 7day of your fast you find your desire, And oppress all your workers.4Behold, you fast for contention and 8strife, and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast like you have done today to 9make your voice heard on high!5Is it a fast like this that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it for bowing 10one’s head like a reed And for spreading out 11sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an 12acceptable day to the Lord?6Is this not the fast that I choose: To 13release the bonds of wickedness, To undo the ropes of the yoke, And to 14let the oppressed go free, And 15break every yoke?7Is it not to 16break your bread 17with the hungry And 18bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the 19naked, to cover him; And not to 20hide yourself from your own flesh?8Then your 21light will break out like the dawn, And your 22recovery will spring up quickly; And your 23righteousness will go before you; The glory of the 24Lord will be your rear guard.