Isaiah 58:5
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| Overview - Isaiah 58 | |
| 1 | The prophet, being sent to reprove hypocrisy, shews the difference between a counterfeit fast and a true. |
| 8 | He declares what promises are due unto godliness, |
| 13 | and to the keeping of the sabbath. |
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Isaiah 58:5 (King James Version)
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?
- it such
- 2 Chronicles 20:3 ; Ezra 10:6 ; Nehemiah 9:1 Nehemiah 9:2 ; Esther 4:3 Esther 4:16 ; Daniel 9:3-19 ; Zechariah 7:5
- a day for a man to afflict his soul or, to afflict his soul
- for a day.
- 3 ; Leviticus 16:29
- to spread
- 1 Kings 21:27-29 ; 2 Kings 6:30 ; Job 2:8 ; Jonah 3:5-8
- an acceptable
- 49:8 61:2 Psalms 69:13 ; Luke 4:19 ; Romans 12:2 ; 1 Peter 2:5