Chapter 58 is outlined as follows: 58:1–4 Fasting That Does Not Please Yahweh 58:5–12 Fasting That Pleases Yahweh 58:13–14 Fasting and the Sabbath 58:1 Imagine a world that is cold and silent toward pain and human suffering. Try to envision a place where everything is driven by self-indulgence and life is all about financial profit, business transactions, and the bottom line. Countless people are being dehumanized. In this world there are no prayers, liturgies,