Isaiah 58:3-7

New American Standard Bible 1995

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 drive hard 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 do today to ^(D)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 ^[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 which I choose,
To ^(G)loosen the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the bands of the yoke,
And to ^(H)let the oppressed go free
And ^(I)break every yoke?
⁷ “Is it not to ^(J)divide your bread ^[c]with the hungry
And ^(K)bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the ^(L)naked, to cover him;
And not to ^(M)hide yourself from your own flesh?