Isa 58 | ABEn | STEP | Yell out in strength! and you should not spare. As a trumpet, raise up high your voice, and announce to my people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their lawless deeds!

‏ Isaiah 58

CHAPTER 58 The LORD's Chosen Fast

1 Yell out in strength! and you should not spare. As a trumpet, raise up high your voice, and announce to my people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their lawless deeds! 2 [²me ³day ⁴by ⁵day ¹They seek], and [²to know ³my ⁴ways ¹they desire], as a people [²righteousness ¹executing], and [³judgment ⁴of their God ¹not ²abandoning]. They ask me now [²judgment ¹for a just], and [²to approach ³to God ¹they desire], 3 saying, Why is it that we fasted, and you did not look? Why did we humble our souls, and you did not know? For in the days of your fasts you find the things of your wants, and all the ones under your hands you goad. 4 [²for ³litigations ⁴and ⁵fights ¹You fast], and you beat [²with your fists ¹the humble]. Why [²to me ¹do you fast] as you do today? [²to be heard ³in ⁴a cry ¹is it for your voice]? 5 [²not ⁴this ⁵fast ¹I did ³choose], nor a day [²to humble ¹for a man] his soul; nor even should you bend [²as ³a hook ¹your neck], nor [²sackcloth ³and ⁴ashes ¹should you spread under you], nor thus shall you call [²fast ¹an acceptable]. 6 [³not ⁵such ²I ¹Did ⁴choose] a fast, says the lord. But untie every bond of injustice! Part [²perverseness ¹violent] of exchanges! Send out [³the ones having been devastated ¹by ²a free release], and [²every ⁴writ ³unjust ¹tear apart]! 7 Break [²with ones hungering ¹your bread], and [³poor ²the homeless ¹bring] into your house! If you behold one naked, clothe him! And concerning the members of your family of your seed, you shall not disdain them. 8 Then [²shall be torn through ³the ⁴morning ¹your light], and the things for your cures quickly shall arise; and [²shall go before ³in front of ⁴you ¹your righteousness], and the glory of God shall screen you. 9 Then you shall yell, and the lord shall hearken to you. Yet while you are speaking he shall say, Behold, I am at hand. If you remove from yourself conspiracy, and stretching forth of the hands, and [²discourse ¹grumbling]; 10 and should give to ones hungering the bread from your soul, and [²the soul ³being humble ¹should fill up], then [²shall rise ³in ⁴the ⁵darkness ¹your light], and your darkness shall be as midday. 11 And [²will be ¹your God] with you always, and you shall be filled up just as [²desires ¹your soul]. And your bones shall be fattened, and will be as [²garden ¹a saturated], and as a spring which [²failed not ¹water]. 12 And [⁴shall be built ⁵to you ¹the ³desolate places ²everlasting], and [⁴will be ³foundations ¹your ²everlasting] in generations of generations; and you shall be called a builder of barriers. And the stones, the ones between your roads shall cease. 13 If you should turn your foot from the Sabbaths, so as to not do your wants on the [²day ¹holy], and shall call the Sabbaths delightful, holy to your God; if you shall not lift your foot to work, nor shall you speak a word in anger from out of your mouth, 14 then shall you be relying upon the lord, and he will bring [³upon your ¹the ²good things] land, and he will feed you the inheritance of Jacob your father. For the mouth of the lord spoke these things.