Isaiah:58

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* Cry aloud , do not spare ; lift up your voice like a shofar , and declare to My people their transgression , and to 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 drawing near to God . * They say , Why have we fasted , and You do not see ? Why have we afflicted our souls , and You take no notice ? Behold , in the day of your fast you devise pleasures , and oppress all your laborers . * Behold , you fast for strife and contention , and to strike with the fist of wickedness ; you shall not fast as you do today , to make your voice heard on high . * Is it such 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 sackcloth and ashes under him ? Will you call this a fast and a day pleasing to Jehovah ? * Is not this the fast that I have chosen : To loose the bonds of wickedness , to undo the heavy burdens , and to let the oppressed go free , and that you break every yoke ? * Is it not to break your bread to the hungry , and that you should bring home the wandering poor ? When you see the naked to cover him ; and not hide yourself from your own flesh ? * Then shall your light break forth as the dawn , and your health shall spring forth speedily ; and your righteousness shall go before you ; the glory of Jehovah shall bring up the rear . * Then you shall call , and Jehovah will answer ; you shall cry out , and He shall say , Here I am . If you take the yoke away from your midst , the pointing of the finger , and speaking wickedness ; * and if you extend your soul to the hungry , and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall your light shine in the darkness , and your darkness shall be as the noonday . * And Jehovah shall guide you continually and satisfy your soul in dry places , and make your bones fat ; and you shall be like a watered garden , and like a spring of water , whose waters do not fail . * And those from among you shall build the old ruins ; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations ; and you shall be called , The Repairer of the Breach , The Restorer of Paths to Dwell in . * If you turn back your foot , on the Sabbath , from doing what you please on My holy days , and call the Sabbath a delight , the sacred of Jehovah , 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 Jehovah ; and I will cause you to ride on the high places of the earth , and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father . The mouth of Jehovah has spoken .

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