Text -- Isaiah 58:5 (NET)

58:5 Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the Lord?

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 58:5

¹ tn Heb “choose” (so NASB, NRSV); NAB “wish.”

² tn Heb “a day when man humbles himself.” The words “Do I want” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Or “making [their] bed.”