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Isaiah 58:6
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Isaiah 58:6
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6 No, this is the kind of fast I want:[a]
I want you[b] to remove the sinful chains,
to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke,
to set free the oppressed,[c]
and to break every burdensome yoke.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:6 tn Heb “Is this not a fast I choose?” “No” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
- Isaiah 58:6 tn The words “I want you” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Isaiah 58:6 tn Heb “crushed.”
Zechariah 7:5
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Zechariah 7:5
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5 “Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh[a] months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me—for me, indeed?
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- Zechariah 7:5 tn The seventh month apparently refers to the anniversary of the assassination of Gedaliah, governor of Judah (Jer 40:13-14; 41:1), in approximately 581 b.c.
Zechariah 7:9
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Zechariah 7:9
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9 “The Lord of Heaven’s Armies said, ‘Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.
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