Verse 3

Isaiah 58:3

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3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure, and exact all your labors.

Original Language Text

hebrew

לָ֤/מָּה צַּ֨מְנוּ֙ וְ/לֹ֣א רָאִ֔יתָ עִנִּ֥ינוּ נַפְשֵׁ֖/נוּ וְ/לֹ֣א תֵדָ֑ע הֵ֣ן בְּ/י֤וֹם צֹֽמְ/כֶם֙ תִּמְצְאוּ חֵ֔פֶץ וְ/כָל עַצְּבֵי/כֶ֖ם תִּנְגֹּֽשׂוּ

English Translation

Why have we fasted and you have not seen? We have afflicted our souls and you do not know. Behold, on the day of your fast, you seek your own pleasure, and all your laborers you oppress.

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Chapter 58 Context

1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgressi... Focus ↗

2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook... Focus ↗

3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and th...

4 Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not thi... Focus ↗

5 Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his he... Focus ↗

6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the... Focus ↗

7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy hou... Focus ↗

8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and th... Focus ↗

9 Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou t... Focus ↗

10 and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light ri... Focus ↗

11 and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bon... Focus ↗

12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the foundations... Focus ↗

13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sa... Focus ↗

14 then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah; and I will make thee to ride upon the high places of the... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Isaiah
Chapter: Chapter 58 (14 verses)
Version: American Standard Version Byzantine Text

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