Isaiah 58:3-5

Wherefore have we fasted
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[say they], and thou seest
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not? [wherefore] have we afflicted
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our soul
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and thou takest no knowledge
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Behold, in the day
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of your fast
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ye find
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pleasure
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and exact
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all your labours
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{labours: or, things wherewith ye grieve others: Heb. griefs}

Behold, ye fast
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for strife
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and debate
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and to smite
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with the fist
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of wickedness
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ye shall not fast
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as [ye do this] day
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to make your voice
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to be heard
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on high
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{ye shall...: or, ye fast not as this day}

Is it such a fast
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that I have chosen
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a day
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for a man
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to afflict
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his soul
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[is it] to bow down
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his head
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as a bulrush
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and to spread
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sackcloth
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and ashes
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[under him]? wilt thou call
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this
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a fast
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and an acceptable
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day
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to the LORD
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{a day...: or, to afflict his soul for a day?}