Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To (A)loose the bonds of wickedness,
(B)To undo the [a]heavy burdens,
(C)To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:6 Lit. bonds of the yoke

“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)

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13 “If (A)you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
From doing your pleasure on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a delight,
The holy day of the Lord honorable,
And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways,
Nor finding your own pleasure,
Nor speaking your own words,
14 (B)Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord;
And I will cause you to (C)ride on the high hills of the earth,
And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father.
(D)The mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

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13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath(A)
    and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight(B)
    and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
    and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,(C)
14 then you will find your joy(D) in the Lord,
    and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights(E) of the land
    and to feast on the inheritance(F) of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(G)

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