Isaiah 58:5-8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁵ Will the fast I choose be like this:
A day for a person to deny himself,
to bow his head like a reed,
and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?^(A)
Will you call this a fast
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
⁶ Isn’t the fast I choose:
To break the chains of wickedness,^(B)
to untie the ropes of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free,
and to tear off every yoke?^(C)
7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,^(D)
to bring the poor and homeless into your house,
to clothe the naked when you see him,^(E)
and not to ignore^[a] your own flesh and blood?^(F)
8 Then your light will appear like the dawn,
and your recovery will come quickly.^(G)
Your righteousness will go before you,^(H)
and the Lord’s glory will be your rear guard.^(I)