Isaiah 58:3-7

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?

⁶Isn’ t this the fast that I have chosen:

to break the chains of wickedness,

to untie the cords of the yoke,

to set the oppressed free

and tear off every yoke?

⁷Isn’ t it to share your bread with the hungry,

to bring the poor and homeless into your home,

to clothe the naked when you see him,

and not to turn away

from your own flesh and blood?

— Isaiah 58:3-7

(BSB)

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Cross References for Isaiah 58:3-7

• Nehemiah 5:10-12
• Luke 3:11
• Matthew 25:35-45
• 1 John 3:17-18
• Isaiah 58:9
• Ezekiel 18:7
• Proverbs 28:27
• Proverbs 25:21
• Romans 12:20-21
• Isaiah 58:10

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