Isaiah 58
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Isaiah 58:5-7

5Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yhwh?1

6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?23

7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?4

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 58:5 a day…: or, to afflict his soul for a day? ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 58:6 the heavy…: Heb. the bundles of the yoke. ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 58:6 oppressed: Heb. broken. ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 58:7 cast…: or, afflicted. ↩

Commentaries on Isaiah 58

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