¹⁷ Learn to do right;^(A) seek justice.^(B)
    Defend the oppressed.^[a](C)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;^(D)
    plead the case of the widow.^(E)

⁶ “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)
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry^(E)
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter^(F)—
when you see the naked, to clothe^(G) them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?^(H)
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,^(I)
    and your healing^(J) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness^[a](K) will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.^(L)
9 Then you will call,^(M) and the Lord will answer;^(N)
    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger^(O) and malicious talk,^(P)
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,^(Q)
then your light^(R) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.^(S)
11 The Lord will guide^(T) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs^(U) in a sun-scorched land^(V)
    and will strengthen^(W) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,^(X)
    like a spring^(Y) whose waters never fail.