Isaiah 58:3-8
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You fast with contention and strife
to strike viciously with your fist.
You cannot fast as you do today,
hoping to make your voice heard on high.
5 to strike viciously with your fist.
You cannot fast as you do today,
hoping to make your voice heard on high.
Will the fast I choose be like this:
A day for a person to deny himself,
to bow his head like a reed,
and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?(C)
Will you call this a fast
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
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A day for a person to deny himself,
to bow his head like a reed,
and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?(C)
Will you call this a fast
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 58:3: These are Israel’s words to God.
b.
Isaiah 58:7: Lit not hide yourself from