Isaiah 58:3-5

³“Why have we fasted,

and You have not seen?

Why have we humbled ourselves,

and You have not noticed?”

“Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please,

and you oppress all your workers.

⁴You fast with contention and strife

to strike viciously with your fist.

You cannot fast as you do today

and have your voice be heard on high.

⁵Is this the fast I have chosen:

a day for a man to deny himself,

to bow his head like a reed,

and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?

Will you call this a fast

and a day acceptable to the LORD?

— Isaiah 58:3-5

(BSB)

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Cross References for Isaiah 58:3-5

• Daniel 9:3-19
• Leviticus 16:29
• Zechariah 7:5
• Luke 18:9-12
• Isaiah 49:8
• Romans 12:2
• Malachi 3:14
• Isaiah 61:2
• 2 Chronicles 20:3
• Esther 4:16

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