Verse 5
Isaiah 58:5
New Living Translation
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You humble yourselves<br>by going through the motions of penance,<br>bowing your heads<br>like reeds bending in the wind.<br>You dress in burlap<br>and cover yourselves with ashes.<br>Is this what you call fasting?<br>Do you really think this will please the LORD?<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲ/כָ/זֶ֗ה יִֽהְיֶה֙ צ֣וֹם אֶבְחָרֵ֔/הוּ י֛וֹם עַנּ֥וֹת אָדָ֖ם נַפְשׁ֑/וֹ הֲ/לָ/כֹ֨ף כְּ/אַגְמֹ֜ן רֹאשׁ֗/וֹ וְ/שַׂ֤ק וָ/אֵ֨פֶר֙ יַצִּ֔יעַ הֲ/לָ/זֶה֙ תִּקְרָא צ֔וֹם וְ/י֥וֹם רָצ֖וֹן לַ/יהוָֽה
English Translation
Is this the fast 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? Will you call this a fast, and a day of favor to the Lord?
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