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# Chapter 58
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1 “Cry aloud; do not hold back;
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lift up your voice like a trumpet;
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declare to my people their transgression,
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to the house of Jacob their sins.
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2 Yet they seek me daily
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and delight to know my ways,
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as if they were a nation that did righteousness
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and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
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they ask of me righteous judgments;
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they delight to draw near to God.
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3 ‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
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Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
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Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,
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and oppress all your workers.
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4 Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight
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and to hit with a wicked fist.
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Fasting like yours this day
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will not make your voice to be heard on high.
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5 Is such the fast that I choose,
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a day for a person to humble himself?
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Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
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and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
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Will you call this a fast,
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and a day acceptable to the Lord?
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6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
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to loose the bonds of wickedness,
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to undo the straps of the yoke,
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to let the oppressed go free,
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and to break every yoke?
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7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
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and bring the homeless poor into your house;
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when you see the naked, to cover him,
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and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
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8 Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
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and your healing shall spring up speedily;
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your righteousness shall go before you;
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the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
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9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
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you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
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If you take away the yoke from your midst,
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the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
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10 if you pour yourself out for the hungry
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and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
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then shall your light rise in the darkness
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and your gloom be as the noonday.
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11 And the Lord will guide you continually
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and satisfy your desire in scorched places
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and make your bones strong;
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and you shall be like a watered garden,
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like a spring of water,
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whose waters do not fail.
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12 And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
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you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
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you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
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the restorer of streets to dwell in.
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13 “If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,
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from doing your pleasure on my holy day,
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and call the Sabbath a delight
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and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
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if you honor it, not going your own ways,
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or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly;
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14 then you shall take delight in the Lord,
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and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;
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I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,
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for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” |