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Isaiah 58

Observances of Fasts

1

aCryh7121 loudlyh1627, do not holdh2820 backh2820; Raiseh7311 your voiceh6963 like a trumpeth7782, And declareh5046 to My peopleh5971a their  btransgressionh6588 And to the househ1004 of Jacobh3290 their sinsh2403b.

2

"Yet they  aseekh1875 Me dayh3117 by dayh3117 and delighth2654a to knowh1847 My waysh1870, As a nationh1471 that has doneh6213a  brighteousnessh6666 And  chas not forsakenh5800a the ordinanceh4941 of their Godh430. They askh7592 Me for justh6664 decisionsh4941, They delighth2654a  din the nearnessh7132 of Godh430.

3

`Whyh4100 have we  afastedh6684 and You do not seeh7200? Why have we humbledh6031a ourselvesh5315 and You do not  1noticeh3045?' Beholdh2005, on the  bdayh3117 of your fasth6685 you findh4672 your desireh2656, And driveh5065 hardh5065 allh3605 your workersh6092.

4

"Beholdh2005, you fasth6684 for contentionh7379 and  astrifeh4683 and to strikeh5221 with a wickedh7562 fisth106. You do not fasth6684 like you do todayh3117 to  bmakeh8085 your voiceh6963 heardh8085 on highh4791.

5

"Is it a fasth6685 like thish2088 which I chooseh977, a dayh3117 for a manh120 to humbleh6031a himselfh5315? Is it for bowingh3721  1one's headh7218 like a reedh100 And for spreadingh3331 out  asackclothh8242 and ashesh665 as a bed? Will you callh7121 thish2088 a fasth6685, even an  bacceptableh7522 dayh3117 to the LORDh3068?

6

"Is thish2088 not the fasth6685 which I chooseh977, To  aloosenh6605a the bondsh2784 of wickednessh7562, To undoh5425b the bandsh92 of the yokeh4133, And to  bleth7971 the oppressedh7533 goh7971 freeh2670 And  cbreakh5423 everyh3605 yokeh4133?

7

"Is it not to  adivideh6536 your breadh3899  1with the hungryh7457 And  bbringh935 the homelessh4788 poorh6041 into the househ1004; Whenh3588 you seeh7200 the  cnakedh6174, to coverh3680 him; And not to  dhideh5956 yourself from your own fleshh1320?

8

"Thenh227 your  alighth216 will breakh1234 out like the dawnh7837, And your  brecoveryh724 will speedilyh4120 springh6779 forthh6779; And your  crighteousnessh6664 will goh1980 beforeh6440 you; The gloryh3519b of the  dLORDh3068 will be your rearh622 guardh622.

9

"Thenh227 you will  acallh7121, and the LORDh3068 will answerh6030a; You will cryh7768, and He will sayh559, `Hereh2009 I am.' Ifh518 you  bremoveh5493 the yokeh4133 from your midsth8432, The  1 cpointingh7971 of the fingerh676 and  dspeakingh1696 wickednessh205,

10

And if you  1 agiveh6329 yourselfh5315 to the hungryh7457 And satisfyh7646 the  2desireh5315 of the afflictedh6031a, Then your  blighth216 will riseh2224 in darknessh2822 And your gloomh653 will become like middayh6672a.

11

"And the  aLORDh3068 will continuallyh8548 guideh5148 you, And  bsatisfyh7646 your  1desireh5315 in scorchedh6710 placesh6710, And  cgiveh2502b strengthh2502b to your bonesh6106; And you will be like a  dwateredh7302 gardenh1588, And like a  espringh4161 of waterh4325 whoseh834 watersh4325 do not  2failh3576.

12

"Those from among you will  arebuildh1129 the ancienth5769 ruinsh2723; You will  braiseh6965 up the age-oldh1755 foundationsh4144; And you will be calledh7121 the repairerh1443 of the  cbreachh6556, The restorerh7725 of the  1streetsh5410b in which to dwellh3427.

Keeping the Sabbath

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"Ifh518 becauseh4480 of the sabbathh7676, you  aturnh7725 your footh7272 From doingh6213a your own pleasureh2656 on My holyh6944 dayh3117, And callh7121 the sabbathh7676 a  bdelighth6027, the holyh6918 day of the LORDh3068 honorableh3513, And honorh3513 it, desistingh6213a from your  cown waysh1870, From seekingh4672 your own pleasureh2656 And  dspeakingh1696 your own wordh1697,

14

Thenh227 you will takeh6026  adelighth6026 in the LORDh3068, And I will make you rideh7392  bon the heightsh1116 of the earthh776; And I will feedh398 you with the heritageh5159 of Jacobh3290 your fatherh1, For the  cmouthh6310 of the LORDh3068 has spokenh1696."



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