I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? Verses 3–5. He is saying, “This isn’t the fast that I have chosen.” They were fasting to get their own way, to get what they wanted. “I am right, so I am going to fast until God vindicates me!” That is not the fast God has chosen. It is surprising that the people who were fasting were condemned by the