10 Woe^(A) to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,^(B)
2 to deprive^(C) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,^(D)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.^(E)
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,^(F)
    when disaster^(G) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?^(H)
    Where will you leave your riches?

¹⁷ “The poor and needy search for water,^(A)
    but there is none;
    their tongues are parched with thirst.^(B)
But I the Lord will answer^(C) them;
    I, the God of Israel, will not forsake^(D) them.
¹⁸ I will make rivers flow^(E) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert^(F) into pools of water,^(G)
    and the parched ground into springs.^(H)

⁶ “Is not this the kind of fasting^(A) I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice^(B)
    and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed^(C) free
    and break every yoke?^(D)
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry^(E)
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter^(F)—
when you see the naked, to clothe^(G) them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?^(H)
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,^(I)
    and your healing^(J) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness^[a](K) will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.^(L)
9 Then you will call,^(M) and the Lord will answer;^(N)
    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger^(O) and malicious talk,^(P)
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,^(Q)
then your light^(R) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.^(S)
11 The Lord will guide^(T) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs^(U) in a sun-scorched land^(V)
    and will strengthen^(W) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,^(X)
    like a spring^(Y) whose waters never fail.