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Observances
of Fasts |
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| Isaiah 58:1 |
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"Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice
like a trumpet, And declare to My people their transgression And to the house
of Jacob their sins. |
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| Isaiah 58:2 |
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"Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to
know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the
ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, They delight in the nearness
of God. |
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| Isaiah 58:3 |
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'Why have we fasted and You do not see? Why
have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?' Behold, on the day of your fast
you find your desire, And drive hard all your workers. |
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| Isaiah 58:4 |
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"Behold, you fast for contention and strife
and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast like you do today to make your
voice heard on high. |
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| Isaiah 58:5 |
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"Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day
for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one's head like a reed And for spreading
out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable
day to the LORD? |
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| Isaiah 58:6 |
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"Is this not the fast which I choose, To loosen
the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the yoke, And to let the oppressed
go free And break every yoke? |
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| Isaiah 58:7 |
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"Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry
And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, to cover him;
And not to hide yourself from your own flesh? |
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| Isaiah 58:8 |
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"Then your light will break out like the dawn,
And your recovery will speedily spring forth; And your righteousness will go before
you; The glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. |
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| Isaiah 58:9 |
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"Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;
You will cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from your midst,
The pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness, |
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| Isaiah 58:10 |
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And if you give yourself to the hungry And satisfy
the desire of the afflicted, Then your light will rise in darkness And your gloom
will become like midday. |
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| Isaiah 58:11 |
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"And the LORD will continually guide you, And
satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you
will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not
fail. |
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| Isaiah 58:12 |
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"Those from among you will rebuild the ancient
ruins; You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer
of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell. |
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Keeping the Sabbath |
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| Isaiah 58:13 |
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"If because of the sabbath, you turn your foot
From doing your own pleasure on My holy day, And call the sabbath a delight, the
holy day of the LORD honorable, And honor it, desisting from your own ways, From
seeking your own pleasure And speaking your own word, |
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| Isaiah 58:14 |
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Then you will take delight in the LORD, And
I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; And I will feed you with the
heritage of Jacob your father, For the mouth of the LORD has spoken." |
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