Isaiah 58:3-6

New American Standard Bible

³ ‘Why have we ^(A)fasted and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not ^[a]notice?’
Behold, on the ^(B)day of your fast you find your desire,
And oppress all your workers.
⁴ Behold, you fast for contention and ^(C)strife, and to strike with a wicked fist.
You do not fast like you have done today to ^(D)make your voice heard on high!
⁵ Is it a fast like this that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it for bowing ^[b]one’s head like a reed
And for spreading out ^(E)sackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even an ^(F)acceptable day to the Lord?
⁶ Is this not the fast that I choose:
To ^(G)release the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the ropes of the yoke,
And to ^(H)let the oppressed go free,
And ^(I)break every yoke?