Isaiah:58

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* "Cry aloud , spare not ; Lift up your voice like a trumpet ; Tell My people their transgression , And the house of Jacob their sins . * Yet they seek Me daily , And delight to know My ways , As a nation that did righteousness , And did not forsake the ordinance of their God . They ask of Me the ordinances of justice ; They take delight in approaching God . * "Why have we fasted ,' they say , "and You have not seen ? Why have we afflicted our souls , and You take no notice ?' "In fact , in the day of your fast you find pleasure , And exploit all your laborers . * Indeed you fast for strife and debate , And to strike with the fist of wickedness . You will not fast as you do this day , To make your voice heard on high . * Is it a fast that I have chosen , A day for a man to afflict his soul ? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush , And to spread out sackcloth and ashes ? Would you call this a fast , And an acceptable day to the LORD ? * "Is this not the fast that I have chosen : To loose the bonds of wickedness , To undo the heavy burdens , To let the oppressed go free , And that you break every yoke ? * Is it not to share your bread with the hungry , And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out ; When you see the naked , that you cover him , And not hide yourself from your own flesh ? * Then your light shall break forth like the morning , Your healing shall spring forth speedily , And your righteousness shall go before you ; The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard . * Then you shall call , and the LORD will answer ; You shall cry , and He will say , "Here I am .' "If you take away the yoke from your midst , The pointing of the finger , and speaking wickedness , * If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy the afflicted soul , Then your light shall dawn in the darkness , And your darkness shall be as the noonday . * The LORD will guide you continually , And satisfy your soul in drought , And strengthen your bones ; You shall be like a watered garden , And like a spring of water , whose waters do not fail . * Those from among you Shall build the old waste places ; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations ; And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach , The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In . * "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath , From doing your pleasure on My holy day , And call the Sabbath a delight , The holy day of the LORD honorable , And shall honor Him , not doing your own ways , Nor finding your own pleasure , Nor speaking your own words , * Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD ; And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth , And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father . The mouth of the LORD has spoken ."

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