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class="poem">Raise your voice like a ram’s horn.</p><p class="poem">Tell my people their transgression</p><p class="poem">and the house of Jacob their sins.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.58.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/58-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>They seek me day after day</p><p class="poem">and delight to know my ways,</p><p class="poem">like a nation that does what is right</p><p class="poem">and does not abandon the justice of their God.</p><p class="poem">They ask me for righteous judgments;</p><p class="poem">they delight in the nearness of God.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.58.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/58-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Why have we fasted, but you have not seen?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">We have denied ourselves, but you haven’t noticed! ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.58.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">“Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast,</p><p class="poem">and oppress all your workers.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.58.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/58-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You fast with contention and strife</p><p class="poem">to strike viciously with your fist.</p><p class="poem">You cannot fast as you do today,</p><p class="poem">hoping to make your voice heard on high.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.58.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Will the fast I choose be like this:</p><p class="poem">A day for a person to deny himself,</p><p class="poem">to bow his head like a reed,</p><p class="poem">and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Will you call this a fast</p><p class="poem">and a day acceptable to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.58.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Isn’t this the fast I choose:</p><p class="poem">To break the chains of wickedness,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">to untie the ropes of the yoke,</p><p class="poem">to set the oppressed free,</p><p class="poem">and to tear off every yoke?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.58.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/58-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">to bring the poor and homeless into your house,</p><p class="poem">to clothe the naked when you see him,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.58.7.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.7.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.58.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/58-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then your light will appear like the dawn,</p><p class="poem">and your recovery will come quickly.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Your righteousness will go before you,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s glory will be your rear guard.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.8.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.58.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/58-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>At that time, when you call, the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> will answer;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">when you cry out, he will say, ‘Here I am.’</p><p class="poem">If you get rid of the yoke among you,</p><p class="poem">the finger-pointing and malicious speaking,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.58.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/58-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and if you offer yourself<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.58.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> to the hungry,</p><p class="poem">and satisfy the afflicted one,</p><p class="poem">then your light will shine in the darkness,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and your night will be like noonday.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.58.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/58-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> will always lead you,</p><p class="poem">satisfy you in a parched land,</p><p class="poem">and strengthen your bones.</p><p class="poem">You will be like a watered garden<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and like a spring whose water never runs dry.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.58.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/58-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">you will restore the foundations laid long ago;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">you will be called the repairer of broken walls,</p><p class="poem">the restorer of streets where people live.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.58.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“If you keep from desecrating the Sabbath,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">from doing whatever you want on my holy day;</p><p class="poem">if you call the Sabbath a delight,</p><p class="poem">and the holy day of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> honorable;</p><p class="poem">if you honor it, not going your own ways,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">seeking your own pleasure, or talking business;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.58.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.58.13.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.58.14" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/58-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>then you will delight in the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and I will make you ride over the heights of the land,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and let you enjoy the heritage of your father Jacob.”</p><p class="poem">For the mouth of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has spoken.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.58.14.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Isaiah.58" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.58.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.3">58:3</a></span> These are Israel’s words to God.</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.58.7.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.7">58:7</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">not hide yourself from your flesh</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.58.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.10">58:10</a></span> Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr read <span class="italic">offer your bread</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.58.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.13">58:13</a></span> Or <span class="italic">idly</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.58.13.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.13">58:13</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">or speak a word</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Isaiah.58" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.2">58:2</a></span> Ps 119:151; Is 29:13; 57:3; Jms 4:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.3">58:3</a></span> Mal 3:14; Lk 18:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.3">58:3</a></span> Is 22:12–13; Zch 7:5–6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.5">58:5</a></span> Est 4:3; Dn 9:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.6">58:6</a></span> Jb 36:8; Ps 107:10; Ec 7:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.6">58:6</a></span> Neh 5:10–12; Is 58:9; Jr 34:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.7">58:7</a></span> Jb 31:19–20; Is 58:10; Ezk 18:7,16</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.7">58:7</a></span> Mt 25:35–36; Lk 3:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.7.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.7">58:7</a></span> Dt 22:1–4; Lk 10:31–32</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.8">58:8</a></span> Is 30:26; 33:24; Jr 30:17; 33:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.8">58:8</a></span> Ps 85:13; Is 62:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.8.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.8">58:8</a></span> Ex 14:19; Is 52:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.9">58:9</a></span> Ps 50:15; Is 55:6; 65:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.9">58:9</a></span> Pr 6:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.10">58:10</a></span> Jb 11:17; Ps 37:6; Is 42:16; 58:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.11">58:11</a></span> Sg 4:15; Is 27:3; Jr 31:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.11">58:11</a></span> Jn 4:14; 7:38</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.12">58:12</a></span> Ezr 6:14; Neh 4:6; Is 49:8; 61:4; Ezk 36:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.12">58:12</a></span> 1Kg 6:37; Ezr 3:10–12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.13">58:13</a></span> Ex 31:16–17; 35:2–3; Is 56:2–6; Jr 17:21–27</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.13">58:13</a></span> Is 55:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.14">58:14</a></span> Jb 22:26; Ps 37:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.14">58:14</a></span> Dt 32:13; 33:29; Is 33:16; Hab 3:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.58.14.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.58.14">58:14</a></span> Is 1:20; 40:5</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Isaiah.58" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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