Isaiah 58:6-7

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Isn’t the fast I choose:
To break the chains of wickedness,^(A)
to untie the ropes of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free,
and to tear off every yoke?^(B)

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Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,^(C)
to bring the poor and homeless into your house,
to clothe the naked when you see him,^(D)
and not to ignore^(a) your own flesh and blood?^(E)

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 58:7: Lit not hide yourself from

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 58:6: Job 36:8; Psalm 107:10; Ecclesiastes 7:26

B. Isaiah 58:6: Nehemiah 5:10-12; Isaiah 58:9; Jeremiah 34:8

C. Isaiah 58:7: Job 31:19-20; Isaiah 58:10; Ezekiel 18:7; Ezekiel 18:16

D. Isaiah 58:7: Matthew 25:35-36; Luke 3:11

E. Isaiah 58:7: Deuteronomy 22:1-4; Luke 10:31-32