Isaiah 58:1-111 “Cry loudly, do not hold back;Raise your voice like a trumpet,And declare to My people their transgressionAnd to the house of Jacob their sins.2 “Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways,As a nation that has done righteousnessAnd has not forsaken the ordinance of their God.They ask Me for just decisions,They delight in the nearness of God.3 ‘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.4 “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.5 “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 reedAnd for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed?Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the LORD?6 “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 freeAnd break every yoke?7 “Is it not to divide your bread with the hungryAnd bring the homeless poor into the house;When you see the naked, to cover him;And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?8 “Then your light will break out like the dawn,(Spiritual Awakening)And your recovery will speedily spring forth;(Divine Health)And your righteousness will go before you;(Right Standing with God)The glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.(Divine Protection)9 “Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;(Answered Prayers)You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’(God’s Revealed Presence)If you remove the yoke from your midst,The pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,10 And if you give yourself to the hungryAnd satisfy the desire of the afflicted,Then your light will rise in darknessAnd your gloom will become like midday.11 “And the LORD will continually guide you,(Divine Daily Guidance)And satisfy your desire in scorched places,(Spiritual Revival)And give strength to your bones;(Physical Strength and Renewal)And you will be like a watered garden,(Blessings Overtaking You)And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail. (Blessings Overflowing)
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Isaiah 58:1-11
1 “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.
2 “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.
3 ‘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.
4 “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.
5 “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?
6 “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?
7 “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?
8 “Then your light will break out like the dawn,
(Spiritual Awakening)
And your recovery will speedily spring forth;
(Divine Health)
And your righteousness will go before you;
(Right Standing with God)
The glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
(Divine Protection)
9 “Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;
(Answered Prayers)
You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
(God’s Revealed Presence)
If you remove the yoke from your midst,
The pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,
10 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.
11 “And the LORD will continually guide you,
(Divine Daily Guidance)
And satisfy your desire in scorched places,
(Spiritual Revival)
And give strength to your bones;
(Physical Strength and Renewal)
And you will be like a watered garden,
(Blessings Overtaking You)
And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.
(Blessings Overflowing)
