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Isaiah 58

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¹ “Cry out loudly, [1] don’t hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet. Tell my people their transgression and the house of Jacob their sins.

² They seek me day after day 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.” ⓐ

³ “Why have we fasted, but you have not seen? ⓑ We have denied ourselves, but you haven’t noticed!” [2] “Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast, and oppress all your workers. ⓒ

⁴ 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 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? ⓓ Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?

⁶ Isn’t this the fast I choose: To break the chains of wickedness, ⓔ to untie the ropes of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to tear off every yoke? ⓕ

⁷ Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, ⓖ to bring the poor and homeless into your house, to clothe the naked when you see him, ⓗ and not to ignore your own flesh and blood? [3] ⓘ

⁸ Then your light will appear like the dawn, and your recovery will come quickly. ⓙ Your righteousness will go before you, ⓚ and the LORD’s glory will be your rear guard. ⓛ

⁹ At that time, when you call, the LORD will answer; ⓜ 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, ⓝ

¹⁰ and if you offer yourself [4] to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted one, then your light will shine in the darkness, ⓐ and your night will be like noonday.

¹¹ The LORD will always lead you, satisfy you in a parched land, and strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden ⓑ and like a spring whose water never runs dry. ⓒ

¹² Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins; ⓓ you will restore the foundations laid long ago; ⓔ you will be called the repairer of broken walls, the restorer of streets where people live.

¹³ “If you keep from desecrating [5] the Sabbath, ⓕ 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 business; [6] [7]

¹⁴ then you will delight in the LORD, ⓗ 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. ⓙ

#	CSB
1	“Cry out loudly, [1] don’t hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet. Tell my people their transgression and the house of Jacob their sins.
2	They seek me day after day 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.” ⓐ
3	“Why have we fasted, but you have not seen? ⓑ We have denied ourselves, but you haven’t noticed!” [2] “Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast, and oppress all your workers. ⓒ
4	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	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? ⓓ Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
6	Isn’t this the fast I choose: To break the chains of wickedness, ⓔ to untie the ropes of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to tear off every yoke? ⓕ
7	Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, ⓖ to bring the poor and homeless into your house, to clothe the naked when you see him, ⓗ and not to ignore your own flesh and blood? [3] ⓘ
8	Then your light will appear like the dawn, and your recovery will come quickly. ⓙ Your righteousness will go before you, ⓚ and the LORD’s glory will be your rear guard. ⓛ
9	At that time, when you call, the LORD will answer; ⓜ 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, ⓝ
10	and if you offer yourself [4] to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted one, then your light will shine in the darkness, ⓐ and your night will be like noonday.
11	The LORD will always lead you, satisfy you in a parched land, and strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden ⓑ and like a spring whose water never runs dry. ⓒ
12	Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins; ⓓ you will restore the foundations laid long ago; ⓔ you will be called the repairer of broken walls, the restorer of streets where people live.
13	“If you keep from desecrating [5] the Sabbath, ⓕ 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 business; [6] [7]
14	then you will delight in the LORD, ⓗ 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. ⓙ

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^{Isaiah 58:1 [104]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{Isaiah 58:9 [105]} The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

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