Verse 5

Isaiah 58:5

King James Version

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5 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 as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

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 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and... 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... Focus ↗

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

5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his hea...

6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens... 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 thine health shall spring forth speedily: and t... Focus ↗

9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If tho... 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 the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones:... 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 the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of t... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Isaiah
Chapter: Chapter 58 (14 verses)
Version: King James Version

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