Isaiah 58

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Isaiah 58

Observances of Fasts

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“^(A)Cry loudly, do not hold back;
Raise your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their ^(B)transgression
And to the house of Jacob their sins.

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“Yet they ^(C)seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways,
As a nation that has done ^(D)righteousness
And ^(E)has not forsaken the ordinance of their God.
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight ^(F)in the nearness of God.

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‘Why have we ^(G)fasted and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not ^(a)notice?’
Behold, on the ^(H)day of your fast you find your desire,
And drive hard all your workers.

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“Behold, you fast for contention and ^(I)strife and to strike with a wicked fist.
You do not fast like you do today to ^(J)make your voice heard on high.

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“Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it for bowing ^(b)one’s head like a reed
And for spreading out ^(K)sackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even an ^(L)acceptable day to the Lord?

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“Is this not the fast which I choose,
To ^(M)loosen the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the bands of the yoke,
And to ^(N)let the oppressed go free
And ^(O)break every yoke?

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“Is it not to ^(P)divide your bread ^(c)with the hungry
And ^(Q)bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the ^(R)naked, to cover him;
And not to ^(S)hide yourself from your own flesh?

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“Then your ^(T)light will break out like the dawn,
And your ^(U)recovery will speedily spring forth;
And your ^(V)righteousness will go before you;
The glory of the ^(W)Lord will be your rear guard.

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“Then you will ^(X)call, and the Lord will answer;
You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you ^(Y)remove the yoke from your midst,
The ^(d)^(Z)pointing of the finger and ^(AA)speaking wickedness,

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And if you ^(e)^(AB)give yourself to the hungry
And satisfy the ^(f)desire of the afflicted,
Then your ^(AC)light will rise in darkness
And your gloom will become like midday.

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“And the ^(AD)Lord will continually guide you,
And ^(AE)satisfy your ^(g)desire in scorched places,
And ^(AF)give strength to your bones;
And you will be like a ^(AG)watered garden,
And like a ^(AH)spring of water whose waters do not ^(h)fail.

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“Those from among you will ^(AI)rebuild the ancient ruins;
You will ^(AJ)raise up the age-old foundations;
And you will be called the repairer of the ^(AK)breach,
The restorer of the ⁽ⁱ⁾streets in which to dwell.

Keeping the Sabbath

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“If because of the sabbath, you ^(AL)turn your foot
From doing your own pleasure on My holy day,
And call the sabbath a ^(AM)delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, desisting from your ^(AN)own ways,
From seeking your own pleasure
And ^(AO)speaking your own word,

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Then you will take ^(AP)delight in the Lord,
And I will make you ride ^(AQ)on the heights of the earth;
And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,
For the ^(AR)mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 58:3: ['Lit ', know]

b. Isaiah 58:5: ['Lit ', his]

c. Isaiah 58:7: ['Lit ', for]

d. Isaiah 58:9: ['Lit ', sending out]

e. Isaiah 58:10: ['Lit ', furnish]

f. Isaiah 58:10: ['Or ', soul]

g. Isaiah 58:11: ['Or ', soul]

h. Isaiah 58:11: ['Or ', deceive]

i. Isaiah 58:12: ['Lit ', paths]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 58:1: Isaiah 40:6

B. Isaiah 58:1: Isaiah 43:27; Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 59:12

C. Isaiah 58:2: Isaiah 1:11; Titus 1:16

D. Isaiah 58:2: Isaiah 48:1; Jeremiah 7:9; Jeremiah 7:10

E. Isaiah 58:2: Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 1:28; Isaiah 59:13

F. Isaiah 58:2: Psalm 119:151; Isaiah 29:13; Isaiah 57:3; James 4:8

G. Isaiah 58:3: Malachi 3:14; Luke 18:12

H. Isaiah 58:3: Isaiah 22:12; Isaiah 22:13; Zechariah 7:5; Zechariah 7:6

I. Isaiah 58:4: Isaiah 3:14; Isaiah 3:15; Isaiah 59:6

J. Isaiah 58:4: Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 59:2; Joel 2:12-14

L. Isaiah 58:5: Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 61:2

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

N. Isaiah 58:6: Isaiah 1:17

O. Isaiah 58:6: Isaiah 58:9

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

Q. Isaiah 58:7: Isaiah 16:3; Isaiah 16:4; Hebrews 13:2

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

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

T. Isaiah 58:8: Isaiah 58:10

U. Isaiah 58:8: Isaiah 30:26; Isaiah 33:24; Jeremiah 30:17; Jeremiah 33:6

V. Isaiah 58:8: Psalm 85:13; Isaiah 62:1

W. Isaiah 58:8: Exodus 14:19; Isaiah 52:12

X. Isaiah 58:9: Psalm 50:15; Isaiah 55:6; Isaiah 65:24

Y. Isaiah 58:9: Isaiah 58:6

Z. Isaiah 58:9: Proverbs 6:13

AA. Isaiah 58:9: Psalm 12:2; Isaiah 59:13

AB. Isaiah 58:10: Deuteronomy 15:7; Isaiah 58:7

AC. Isaiah 58:10: Job 11:17; Psalm 37:6; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 58:8

AD. Isaiah 58:11: Isaiah 49:10; Isaiah 57:18

AE. Isaiah 58:11: Psalm 107:9; Isaiah 41:17

AF. Isaiah 58:11: Isaiah 66:14

AG. Isaiah 58:11: Song of Solomon 4:15; Isaiah 27:3; Jeremiah 31:12

AH. Isaiah 58:11: John 4:14; John 7:38

AI. Isaiah 58:12: Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 61:4; Ezekiel 36:10

AJ. Isaiah 58:12: Isaiah 44:28

AK. Isaiah 58:12: Isaiah 30:13; Amos 9:11

AL. Isaiah 58:13: Exodus 31:16; Exodus 31:17; Exodus 35:2; Exodus 35:3; Isaiah 56:2; Isaiah 56:4; Isaiah 56:6; Jeremiah 17:21-27

AM. Isaiah 58:13: Psalm 27:4; Psalm 42:4; Psalm 84:2; Psalm 84:10

AN. Isaiah 58:13: Isaiah 55:8

AO. Isaiah 58:13: Isaiah 59:13

AP. Isaiah 58:14: Job 22:26; Isaiah 61:10

AQ. Isaiah 58:14: Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:29; Isaiah 33:16; Habakkuk 3:19

AR. Isaiah 58:14: Isaiah 1:20; Isaiah 40:5