Isaiah 58:6–14

⁶“Is this not the fast which I choose,

To ^aloosen the bonds of wickedness,

To undo the bands of the yoke,

And to ^blet the oppressed go free

And ^cbreak every yoke?

⁷“Is it not to ^adivide your bread ¹with the hungry

And ^bbring the homeless poor into the house;

When you see the ^cnaked, to cover him;

And not to ^dhide yourself from your own flesh?

⁸“Then your ^alight will break out like the dawn,

And your ^brecovery will speedily spring forth;

And your ^crighteousness will go before you;

The glory of the ^dLord will be your rear guard.

⁹“Then you will ^acall, and the Lord will answer;

You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’

If you ^bremove the yoke from your midst,

The ^1cpointing of the finger and ^dspeaking wickedness,

¹⁰And if you ^1agive yourself to the hungry

And satisfy the ²desire of the afflicted,

Then your ^blight will rise in darkness

And your gloom will become like midday.

¹¹“And the ^aLord will continually guide you,

And ^bsatisfy your ¹desire in scorched places,

And ^cgive strength to your bones;

And you will be like a ^dwatered garden,

And like a ^espring of water whose waters do not ²fail.

¹²“Those from among you will ^arebuild the ancient ruins;

You will ^braise up the age-old foundations;

And you will be called the repairer of the ^cbreach,

The restorer of the ¹streets in which to dwell.

Keeping the Sabbath

¹³“If because of the sabbath, you ^aturn your foot

From doing your own pleasure on My holy day,

And call the sabbath a ^bdelight, the holy day of the Lord honorable,

And honor it, desisting from your ^cown ways,

From seeking your own pleasure

And ^dspeaking your own word,

¹⁴Then you will take ^adelight in the Lord,

And I will make you ride ^bon the heights of the earth;

And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,

For the ^cmouth of the Lord has spoken.”