# Isaiah 58 ## True Fasts and Sabbaths - 1 “Cry aloud, do not hold back! - Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. - Declare to My people their transgression - and to the house of Jacob their sins. - 2 For day after day they seek Me - and delight to know My ways, - like a nation that does what is right - and does not forsake the justice of their God. - They ask Me for righteous judgments; - they delight in the nearness of God.” - 3 “Why have we fasted, - and You have not seen? - Why have we humbled ourselves, - and You have not noticed?” - “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, - and you oppress all your workers. - 4 You fast with contention and strife - to strike viciously with your fist. - You cannot fast as you do today - and have your voice be heard on high. - 5 Is this the fast I have chosen: - a day for a man to deny himself, - to bow his head like a reed, - [[H3331|and to spread out]] [[H8242|sackcloth]] [[H0665|and ashes]]? - Will you call this a fast - and a day acceptable to the LORD? - 6 Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: - to break the chains of wickedness, - to untie the cords of the yoke, - to set the oppressed free - and tear off every yoke? - 7 Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, - to bring the poor and homeless into your home, - [[H3680|to clothe]] [[H6174|the naked]] when you see him, - and not to turn away - from your own flesh and blood? - 8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, - and your healing will come quickly. - Your righteousness will go before you, - and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. - 9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; - you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ - If you remove the yoke from your midst, - the pointing of the finger and malicious talk, - 10 and if you give yourself to the hungry - and satisfy the afflicted soul, - then your light will go forth in the darkness, - and your night will be like noonday. - 11 The LORD will always guide you; - He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land - and strengthen your frame. - You will be like a well-watered garden, - like a spring whose waters never fail. - 12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; - you will restore the age-old foundations; - you will be called Repairer of the Breach, - Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling. - 13 If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, - from doing as you please on My holy day, - if you call the Sabbath a delight, - and the LORD’s holy day honorable, - if you honor it by not going your own way - or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words, - 14 then you will delight yourself in the LORD, - and I will make you ride on the heights of the land - and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” *For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.* --- ### Footnotes: --- - Previous chapter: [[Isaiah_57]] - Next chapter: [[Isaiah_59]] - TOC: [[TOC_Isaiah]] --- ###### The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (https://bereanbible.com), BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub (https://biblehub.com), Discovery Bible (https://discoverybible.com), OpenBible.com (https://openbible.com), and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0). ---