Isa 58
1 The LORD's Chosen Fast
Yell out in strength! and you should not spare. As a trumpet, raise up high your voice, and announce
to my people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their lawless deeds!
2[
2me
3day
4by
5day
1They seek], and [
2to know
3my
4ways
1they desire], as a people [
2righteousness
1executing], and [
3judgment
4of their God
1not
2abandoning]. They ask me now [
2judgment
1for a just], and [
2to approach
3to God
1they desire],
3saying, Why
is it that we fasted, and you did not look?
Why did we humble our souls, and you did not know? For in the days of your fasts you find the
things of your wants, and all the ones under your hands you goad.
4[
2for
3litigations
4and
5fights
1You fast], and you beat [
2with your fists
1the humble]. Why [
2to me
1do you fast] as
you do today? [
2to be heard
3in
4a cry
1is it for your voice]?
5[
2not
4this
5fast
1I did
3choose], nor a day [
2to humble
1for a man] his soul; nor even should you bend [
2as
3a hook
1your neck], nor [
2sackcloth
3and
4ashes
1should you spread under
you], nor thus shall you call [
2fast
1an acceptable].
6[
3not
5such
2I
1Did
4choose] a fast, says
the LORD. But untie every bond of injustice! Part [
2perverseness
1violent] of exchanges! Send out [
3the ones having been devastated
1by
2a
free release], and [
2every
4writ
3unjust
1tear apart]!
7Break [
2with ones hungering
1your bread], and [
3poor
2the homeless
1bring] into your house! If you behold one naked, clothe
him! And concerning the members of
your family of your seed, you shall not disdain
them.
8Then [
2shall be torn
through 3the
4morning
1your light], and the
things for your cures quickly shall arise; and [
2shall go before
3in front of
4you
1your righteousness], and the glory of God shall screen you.
9Then you shall yell, and the
LORD shall hearken to you. Yet
while you
are speaking he shall say, Behold, I am at hand. If you remove from yourself conspiracy, and stretching forth of the hands, and [
2discourse
1grumbling];
10and should give to ones hungering the bread from your soul, and [
2the soul
3being humble
1should fill up], then [
2shall rise
3in
4the
5darkness
1your light], and your darkness
shall be as midday.
11And [
2will be
1your God] with you always, and you shall be filled up just as [
2desires
1your soul]. And your bones shall be fattened, and will be as [
2garden
1a saturated], and as a spring which [
2failed not
1water].
12And [
4shall be built
5to you
1the
3desolate
places 2everlasting], and [
4will be
3foundations
1your
2everlasting] in generations of generations; and you shall be called a builder of barriers. And the stones, the ones between your roads shall cease.
13If you should turn your foot from the Sabbaths,
so as to not do your wants on the [
2day
1holy], and shall call the Sabbaths delightful, holy
to your God;
if you shall not lift your foot to work, nor shall you speak a word in anger from out of your mouth,
14then shall you be relying upon
the LORD, and he will bring [
3upon your
1the
2good
things] land, and he will feed you the inheritance of Jacob your father. For the mouth of
the LORD spoke these
things.