Isaiah 58:6–14

⁶Is this not the fast I choose: to release the bonds of injustice,

to untie the ropes of the yoke,

and to let the oppressed go free,

and tear^j every yoke to pieces?

⁷Is it not to break your bread for the hungry?

You must bring home^k the poor, the homeless.

When you see the naked, you must cover him,

and you must not hide yourself from your relatives.^l

⁸Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,

and your healing shall grow quickly.

And your salvation shall go before you;

the glory of Yahweh will be your rear guard.

⁹Then you shall call, and Yahweh himself will answer.

You shall cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am!’

If you remove from among you the yoke,

the finger-pointing^m and evil speech,ⁿ

¹⁰if^o you offer your soul to the hungry,

and you satisfy the appetite of the afflicted,

then^p your light shall rise in the darkness,

and your darkness will be like noon.

¹¹And Yahweh will lead you continually, and satisfy your soul in a barren land,

and he will strengthen your bones,

and you shall be like a well-watered garden,

and like a spring of water whose water does not fail.

¹²And they shall rebuild ancient ruins from you;

you shall erect the foundations of many generations,^q

and you shall be called^r the bricklayer of the breach,

the restorer of paths to live in.

¹³If you hold your foot back from the Sabbath,

from doing your affairs on my holy day,^s

if^t you call the Sabbath a pleasure,

the holy day of Yahweh honorable,

if^u you honor him more than^v doing your ways,

than finding your affairs^w and speaking a word,

¹⁴then you shall take your pleasure in^x Yahweh,

and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth,

and I will feed you the heritage of Jacob your ancestor,^y

for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.”