Isaiah 58
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Isaiah 58:2-8

2Yet they seekH1875 me dailyH3117, and delightH2654 to knowH1847 my waysH1870, as a nationH1471 that didH6213 righteousnessH6666, and forsookH5800 not the ordinanceH4941 of their GodH430: they askH7592 of me the ordinancesH4941 of justiceH6664; they take delightH2654 in approachingH7132 to GodH430.

3Wherefore have we fastedH6684, say they, and thou seestH7200 not? wherefore have we afflictedH6031 our soulH5315, and thou takest no knowledgeH3045? Behold, in the dayH3117 of your fastH6685 ye findH4672 pleasureH2656, and exactH5065 all your laboursH6092.1 4Behold, ye fastH6684 for strifeH7379 and debateH4683, and to smiteH5221 with the fistH106 of wickednessH7562: ye shall not fastH6684 as ye do this dayH3117, to make your voiceH6963 to be heardH8085 on highH4791.2 5Is it such a fastH6685 that I have chosenH977? a dayH3117 for a manH120 to afflictH6031 his soulH5315? is it to bow downH3721 his headH7218 as a bulrushH100, and to spreadH3331 sackclothH8242 and ashesH665 under him? wilt thou callH7121 thisH2088 a fastH6685, and an acceptableH7522 dayH3117 to YhwhH3068?3 6Is not this the fastH6685 that I have chosenH977? to looseH6605 the bandsH2784 of wickednessH7562, to undoH5425 the heavyH4133 burdensH92, and to let the oppressedH7533 goH7971 freeH2670, and that ye breakH5423 every yokeH4133?45 7Is it not to dealH6536 thy breadH3899 to the hungryH7457, and that thou bringH935 the poorH6041 that are cast outH4788 to thy houseH1004? when thou seestH7200 the nakedH6174, that thou coverH3680 him; and that thou hideH5956 not thyself from thine own fleshH1320?6

8Then shall thy lightH216 break forthH1234 as the morningH7837, and thine healthH724 shall spring forthH6779 speedilyH4120: and thy righteousnessH6664 shall goH1980 beforeH6440 thee; the gloryH3519 of YhwhH3068 shall be thy rerewardH622.7

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 58:3 labours: or, things wherewith ye grieve others: Heb. griefs. ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 58:4 ye shall…: or, ye fast not as this day. ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 58:5 a day…: or, to afflict his soul for a day? ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 58:6 the heavy…: Heb. the bundles of the yoke. ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 58:6 oppressed: Heb. broken. ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 58:7 cast…: or, afflicted. ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 58:8 be…: Heb. gather thee up. ↩

Commentaries on Isaiah 58

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