Isaiah 58:5–10

^5pIs it such a fast that I have chosen?

A day for a man to ⁱafflict his soul?

Is it to bow down his head as ^qa bulrush,

And ^rto spread ^ssackcloth and ashes under him?

Wilt thou call this a fast,

And an acceptable day to the Lord?

⁶Is not this the fast that I have chosen?

To loose ^tthe bands of wickedness,

^uTo undo the heavy burdens,

And ^xto let the oppressed go free,

And that ye break every yoke?

⁷Is it not ^yzto deal thy bread to the hungry,

And ^ythat thou bring the poor that are cast out ^ato thy house?

^zbWhen thou seest the naked, that thou cover him;

And that thou hide not thyself from ^cthine own flesh?

^8dThen shall thy light break forth as the morning,

And thine ^ehealth shall spring forth speedily:

And thy righteousness shall go before thee;

The glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.

⁹Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer;

Thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.

If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,

^fThe putting forth of the finger, and ^gspeaking vanity;

¹⁰And if thou ^hdraw out thy soul ⁱto the hungry,

And ^ksatisfy the afflicted soul;

^dThen shall thy light rise in obscurity,

And thy darkness be as the noonday: