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Isa.|58:1|-|Cry loudly; do not hold back;Raise your voice like a |a|trumpet,
And declare to My people their transgressionAnd to the house of Jacob their sins.
Isa.|58:2|-|Yet they seek Me day by dayAnd take delight in knowing My ways,
Like a nation that has done righteousnessAnd has not forsaken the ordinance of their God.
They ask Me for righteous judgments;They take |a|delight in approaching God.
Isa.|58:3|-|Why have we |1a|fasted, and yet You do not see?Why have we afflicted our soul, and yet You do not acknowledge?
Indeed, on the day of your fast you |2|find delight,And oppress all your laborers.
Isa.|58:4|-|Indeed, you |a|fast for contention and strife,And to strike with a fist of wickedness;
You do not fast, in the way you do today,To make your voice heard on high.
Isa.|58:5|-|Is such the |a|fast that I choose,The day when a man afflicts his soul?
Is it for bowing his head like a rushAnd for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as his bed?
Will you call this a fast,And an acceptable day to Jehovah?
Isa.|58:6|-|Is this not the fast that I choose,To loosen the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the bands of the yoke,And to let the oppressed go |a|free,
And to break every yoke?
Isa.|58:7|-|Is it not to |a|divide your bread to the |b|hungry,And to bring the wandering poor home;
When you see the naked, to cover him,And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
Isa.|58:8|-|Then your |a|light will break forth like the dawn,And your recovery will speedily spring forth.
And your righteousness will go before you;The |b|glory of Jehovah will guard you from behind.
Isa.|58:9a|-|Then you will call, and Jehovah will answer;You will cry out, and He will say, Here I am.
Isa.|58:9b|-|If you remove the yoke from your midst,The pointing of the finger and the speaking of wickedness,
Isa.|58:10|-|And if you draw out your soul to the hungryAnd satisfy the desires of the afflicted;
Then your light will rise in the darkness,And your gloom will be like midday;
Isa.|58:11|-|And Jehovah will |a|guide you continually,And satisfy your soul in the dry times,
And strengthen your bones;And you will be like a watered |b|garden,
And like a |c|spring of water,Whose waters do not deceive.
Isa.|58:12|-|And those who are of you will |a|rebuild the ancient ruins;You will raise up the foundations of generation upon generation;
And you will be called the repairer of the breach,The restorer of the paths in which to dwell.
Isa.|58:13|-|If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,From doing whatever you please on My holy day,
And call the |a|Sabbath a delight,That which is holy to Jehovah honorable,
And honor it, not doing your own ways,Nor finding your own pleasure and speaking idle words;
Isa.|58:14|-|Then you will have delight in Jehovah;And I will cause you to ride upon the |a|heights of the earth,
And I will feed you with the inheritance of Jacob your father;For the mouth of Jehovah has spoken.
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