Isaiah 58:5

New International Version

⁵Is this the kind of fast^(A) I have chosen,
    only a day for people to humble^(B) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed^(C)
    and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?^(D)
Is that what you call a fast,
    a day acceptable to the Lord?

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Isaiah 58:5

New King James Version

⁵Is ^(A)it a fast that I have chosen,
^(B)A day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And ^(C)to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Would you call this a fast,
And an acceptable day to the Lord?

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Isaiah 58:5

New American Standard Bible

⁵Is it a fast like this that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it for bowing ^[a]one’s head like a reed
And for spreading out ^(A)sackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even an ^(B)acceptable day to the Lord?