⁵ Is 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?

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

¹⁵ But what can I say?^(A)
    He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this.^(B)
I will walk humbly^(C) all my years
    because of this anguish of my soul.^(D)

¹² The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    called you on that day^(A)
to weep^(B) and to wail,
    to tear out your hair^(C) and put on sackcloth.^(D)