Thematic Bible
Isaiah 58:1 (show verse)
Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Tell My people their transgression
and the house of Jacob their sins.
Isaiah 58:2 (show verse)
and delight to know My ways,
like a nation that does what is right
and does not abandon the justice of their God.
They ask Me for righteous judgments;
they delight in the nearness of God.”
Isaiah 58:3 (show verse)
We have denied ourselves, but You haven’t noticed!”
“Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast,
and oppress all your workers.
Isaiah 58:4 (show verse)
to strike viciously with your fist.
You cannot fast as you do today,
hoping to make your voice heard on high.
Isaiah 58:5 (show verse)
A day for a person to deny himself,
to bow his head like a reed,
and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Will you call this a fast
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Isaiah 58:6 (show verse)
To break the chains of wickedness,
to untie the ropes of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free,
and to tear off every yoke?
Isaiah 58:7 (show verse)
to bring the poor and homeless into your house,
to clothe the naked when you see him,
and not to ignore
Isaiah 58:8 (show verse)
and your recovery will come quickly.
Your righteousness will go before you,
and the Lord’s glory will be your rear guard.
Isaiah 58:9 (show verse)
when you cry out, He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you get rid of the yoke among you,
the finger-pointing and malicious speaking,
Isaiah 58:10 (show verse)
and satisfy the afflicted one,
then your light will shine in the darkness,
and your night will be like noonday.
Isaiah 58:11 (show verse)
satisfy you in a parched land,
and strengthen your bones.
You will be like a watered garden
and like a spring whose waters never run dry.
Isaiah 58:12 (show verse)
you will restore the foundations laid long ago;
you will be called the repairer of broken walls,
the restorer of streets where people live.
Isaiah 58:13 (show verse)
from doing whatever you want on My holy day;
if you call the Sabbath a delight,
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
seeking your own pleasure, or talking too much;
Isaiah 58:14 (show verse)
and I will make you ride over the heights of the land,
and let you enjoy the heritage of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.