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Isaiah 58:4-6

Context

58:4 Look, your fasting is accompanied by 1  arguments, brawls,

and fistfights. 2 

Do not fast as you do today,

trying to make your voice heard in heaven.

58:5 Is this really the kind of fasting I want? 3 

Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, 4 

bowing their heads like a reed

and stretching out 5  on sackcloth and ashes?

Is this really what you call a fast,

a day that is pleasing to the Lord?

58:6 No, this is the kind of fast I want. 6 

I want you 7  to remove the sinful chains,

to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke,

to set free the oppressed, 8 

and to break every burdensome yoke.

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[58:4]  1 tn Heb “you fast for” (so NASB); NRSV “you fast only to quarrel.”

[58:4]  2 tn Heb “and for striking with a sinful fist.”

[58:5]  3 tn Heb “choose” (so NASB, NRSV); NAB “wish.”

[58:5]  4 tn Heb “a day when man humbles himself.” The words “Do I want” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[58:5]  5 tn Or “making [their] bed.”

[58:6]  5 tn Heb “Is this not a fast I choose?” “No” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[58:6]  6 tn The words “I want you” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[58:6]  7 tn Heb “crushed.”



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