3
Wherefore have we
fasted , say they, and thou
seest not? wherefore have we
afflicted our
soul, and thou takest no
knowledge ? Behold, in the
day of your
fast ye
find pleasure, and
exact all your
labours.
4
Behold, ye
fast for
strife and
debate, and to
smite with the
fist of
wickedness: ye shall not
fast as ye do this
day, to make your
voice to be
heard on
high.
5
Is it such a
fast that I have
chosen ? a
day for a
man to
afflict his
soul? is it to bow
down his
head as a
bulrush, and to
spread sackcloth and
ashes under him? wilt thou
call this a
fast, and an
acceptable day to the
LORD?
6
Is not this the
fast that I have
chosen ? to
loose the
bands of
wickedness, to
undo the
heavy burdens, and to let the
oppressed go free, and that ye
break every
yoke?
7
Is it not to
deal thy
bread to the
hungry, and that thou
bring the
poor that are cast
out to thy
house? when thou
seest the
naked, that thou
cover him; and that thou
hide not thyself from thine own
flesh?
8
Then shall thy
light break
forth as the
morning, and thine
health shall spring
forth speedily: and thy
righteousness shall
go before thee; the
glory of the
LORD shall be thy
rereward .
9
Then shalt thou
call , and the
LORD shall
answer ; thou shalt
cry , and he shall
say , Here I am. If thou take
away from the
midst of thee the
yoke, the putting
forth of the
finger, and
speaking vanity;
10
And if thou draw
out thy
soul to the
hungry, and
satisfy the
afflicted soul; then shall thy
light rise in
obscurity, and thy
darkness be as the
noonday:
11
And the
LORD shall
guide thee
continually, and
satisfy thy
soul in
drought, and make
fat thy
bones: and thou shalt be like a
watered garden, and like a
spring of
water, whose
waters fail not.
12
And they that shall be of thee shall
build the
old waste
places: thou shalt raise
up the
foundations of
many generations; and thou shalt be
called , The
repairer of the
breach, The
restorer of
paths to dwell
in .
13
If thou turn
away thy
foot from the
sabbath, from
doing thy
pleasure on my
holy day; and
call the
sabbath a
delight, the
holy of the
LORD, honourable ; and shalt
honour him, not
doing thine own
ways, nor
finding thine own
pleasure, nor
speaking thine own
words:
14
Then shalt thou
delight thyself in the
LORD; and I will cause thee to
ride upon the high
places of the
earth, and
feed thee with the
heritage of
Jacob thy
father: for the
mouth of the
LORD hath
spoken it.