1
Cry aloud, spare not,
lift up thy
voice like a
trumpet, and
shew my
people their
transgression, and the
house of
Jacob their
sins.
'$,lw{q ~er'h r'pw{V;K .${f.x;T -l;a !w{r'g.b a'r.q ? ~'ta{J;x b{q][;y tyeb.l.W ~'[.viP yiM;[.l deG;h.w
2
Yet they
seek me
daily*, and
delight to
know my
ways, as a
nation that
did righteousness, and
forsook not the
ordinance of their
God: they
ask of me the
ordinances of
justice; they take
delight in
approaching to
God.
y;k'r.D t;[;d.w !.Wv{r.dIy ~w{y ]mw{y yitw{a.w ? j;P.vim.W h'f'[ h'q'd.c -r,v]a yw{g.K !.Wc'P.x,y ? q,d,c -yej.P.vim yin.Wl'a.vIy b'z'[ a{l wy'h{l/a ? !.Wc'P.x,y ~yih{l/a t;b.riq
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.
a{l.w .Wnev.p;n .WnyiNi[ 'tyia'r a{l.w .Wn.m;C h'M'l ? ~,kyeb.C;[ -l'k.w #,pex -.Wa.c.miT ~,k.m{c ~w{y.B !eh ['det ? .Wf{G.niT
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.
@{r.g,a.B tw{K;h.l.W .Wm.Wc'T h'C;m.W byir.l !eh ? ~w{r'M;B ;[yim.v;h.l ~w{Y;k .Wm.Wc't -a{l [;v,r ? ~,k.lw{q
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?
~'d'a tw{N;[ ~w{y .Wher'x.b,a ~w{c h,y.hIy h,z'k]h ? ;[yiC;y r,pea'w q;f.w w{va{r !{m.g;a.K @{k'l]h w{v.p;n ? h'why;l !w{c'r ~w{y.w ~w{c -a'r.qiT h,z'l]h
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?
[;v,r tw{BUc.r;x ;xeT;P .Wher'x.b,a ~w{c h,z aw{l]h ? ~yiv.p'x ~yic.Wc.r x;L;v.w h'jw{m ]tw{DUg]a reT;h ? .WqeT;n.T h'jw{m -l'k.w
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?
~yid.Wr.m ~yiYin][;w '$,m.x;l be['r'l s{r'p aw{l]h ? '$.r'f.Bim.W w{tyiSik.w ~{r'[ h,a.rit -yiK tIy'b ayib'T ? ~'L;[.tit a{l
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.
x'm.cit h'reh.m '$.t'kUr]a;w '$,rw{a r;x;V;K [;q'BIy z'a ? '$,p.s;a;y h'wh.y dw{b.K '$,q.dic '$y,n'p.l .$;l'h.w
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;
r;ma{y.w []W;v.T h,n][;y h'why;w a'r.qiT z'a ? !,w'a -r,B;d.w [;B.c,a x;l.v h'jw{m '$.kw{Tim ryis'T -mia yineNih
10
And if thou draw
out thy
soul to the
hungry, and
satisfy the
afflicted soul; then shall thy
light rise in
obscurity, and thy
darkness be as the
noonday:
;[yiB.f;T h'n][;n v,p,n.w '$,v.p;n be['r'l qep't.w ? ~Iy'r\h'C;K '$.t'lep]a;w '$,rw{a .$,v{x;B x;r'z.w