Isaiah 58:6-7

Context

58:6 No, this is the kind of fast I want.¹

I want you² to remove the sinful chains,

to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke,

to set free the oppressed,³

and to break every burdensome yoke.

58:7 I want you⁴ to share your food with the hungry

and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people.⁵

When you see someone naked, clothe him!

Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!⁶

[58:6] ¹tn Heb “Is this not a fast I choose?” “No” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[58:6] ²tn The words “I want you” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[58:6] ³tn Heb “crushed.”

[58:7] ⁴tn Heb “Is it not?” The rhetorical question here expects a positive answer, “It is!”

[58:7] ⁵tn Heb “and afflicted [ones], homeless [ones] you should bring [into] a house.” On the meaning of מְרוּדִים (mÿrudim, “homeless”) see HALOT 633 s.v. *מָרוּד.

[58:7] ⁶tn Heb “and from your flesh do not hide yourself.”