^3 (A)‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
    Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,^{[a]
    (B)}and oppress all your workers.

^5 (A)Is such the fast that I choose,
    ^(B)a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
    and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
    and a day acceptable to the Lord?

^10 (A)if you pour yourself out for the hungry
    and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
^(B)then shall your light rise in the darkness
    and your gloom be as the noonday.