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Isaiah 58:6

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4 You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.

5 Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?

Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

7 Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

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BSB
Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
KJV
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
WEB
“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
ASV
Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
DARBY
Is not this the fast which I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to send forth free the crushed, and that ye break every yoke?
BLB
Is not this the fast I choose: To open the bonds of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, and to send forth the crushed ones free, and tear off every yoke?
ÅB
Er ikke dette den faste jeg finner behag i, at dere løser ugudelighets lenker, sprenger åkets bånd, slipper undertrykte fri og bryter hvert et åk?
OTB
Er ikke dette den fasten jeg har valgt: å løse urettferdighetens lenker, å løse båndene av åket, å la de undertrykte gå fri, og å bryte hvert åk?
B1930
Er ikke dette den faste jeg finner behag i, at I løser ugudelighets lenker, sprenger åkets bånd, slipper undertrykte fri og bryter hvert et åk?

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 5:10–12

    I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.

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  • Isaiah 58:9

    Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,

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  • 1 Timothy 6:1

    All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.

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  • Jeremiah 34:8–11

    After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD

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  • Micah 3:2–4

    You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

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