Isaiah 58:1–7

^aCry ^†aloud, ^bspare not,

Lift up thy voice ^clike a trumpet,

And ^dshew my people their transgression,

And the house of Jacob their sins.

²Yet they seek me daily,

And ^edelight to know my ways,

As a nation that did righteousness,

And forsook not the ordinance of their God:

They ask of me the ordinances of justice;

^fThey take delight in approaching to God.

^3gWherefore have we fasted, ^hsay they, and thou seest not?

Wherefore have we ⁱafflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge?

Behold, ^kin the day of your fast ye find pleasure,

And ^lexact all your ^||†mlabours.

⁴Behold, ⁿye fast for strife and debate,

And to smite with the fist of wickedness:

^||Ye shall not fast as ye do this day,

^oTo make your voice to be heard on high.

^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?