Verse 5

Isaiah 58:5

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5 Is this the kind of fast I want when people act out their humility by bowing their heads down like a reed and by lying around in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day the Lord appreciates?
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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Chapter 58 Context
1 Give a roar from the throat! Don't hold back! Shout out like a trumpet! Announce to my people how re... Focus ↗
2 Every day they come to me, pleased to know my ways as if they were a nation that does what is right... Focus ↗
3 “Didn't you see that we fasted?” they ask. “Didn't you notice how we denied ourselves?” That's becau... Focus ↗
4 Can't you see that when you're fasting you quarrel and argue, and end up having a vicious fistfight?... Focus ↗
5 Is this the kind of fast I want when people act out their humility by bowing their heads down like a...
6 No, this is the fast I want: set free those who have been unjustly imprisoned, untie the cords of th... Focus ↗
7 Share your food with the hungry, take the poor and homeless into your house. When you see people nak... Focus ↗
8 Then your light will shine out like the dawn, and you will be healed quickly; your salvation will go... Focus ↗
9 Then when you call, the Lord will answer; when you cry out for help, the Lord will say, “I'm here.”... Focus ↗
10 if you dedicate yourselves to helping the hungry and give the poor what they need, then your light w... Focus ↗
11 The Lord will always lead you; he will give you all you need in you in a desolate land; he will make... Focus ↗
12 Some among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore generations-old foundations. You wil... Focus ↗
13 If you make sure you don't break the Sabbath by doing whatever you please on my holy day, if you say... Focus ↗
14 then you'll find the Lord is the one who truly makes you happy, and I will give you high positions o... Focus ↗
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Book
Isaiah
Chapter
Chapter 58 (14 verses)
Version
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