Verse-Reference
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 Isa 58:1 |
"Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their transgression And to the house of Jacob their sins. |
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Isa 58:2 |
"Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, They delight in the nearness of God. |
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Isa 58:3 |
'Why have we fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not [fn]notice?' Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire, And drive hard all your workers. |
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Isa 58:4 |
"Behold, you fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast like you do today to make your voice heard on high. |
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Isa 58:5 |
"Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing [fn]one's head like a reed And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the LORD? |
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Isa 58:6 |
"Is this not the fast which I choose, To loosen the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the yoke, And to let the oppressed go free And break every yoke? |
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Isa 58:7 |
"Is it not to divide your bread [fn]with the hungry And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, to cover him; And not to hide yourself from your own flesh? |
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Isa 58:8 |
"Then your light will break out like the dawn, And your recovery will speedily spring forth; And your righteousness will go before you; The glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. |
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Isa 58:9 |
"Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; You will cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from your midst, The [fn]pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness, |
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Isa 58:10 |
And if you [fn]give yourself to the hungry And satisfy the [fn]desire of the afflicted, Then your light will rise in darkness And your gloom will become like midday. |
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Isa 58:11 |
"And the LORD will continually guide you, And satisfy your [fn]desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not [fn]fail. |
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Isa 58:12 |
"Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the [fn]streets in which to dwell. |
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Isa 58:13 |
"If because of the sabbath, you turn your foot From doing your own pleasure on My holy day, And call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of the LORD honorable, And honor it, desisting from your own ways, From seeking your own pleasure And speaking your own word, |
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Isa 58:14 |
Then you will take delight in the LORD, And I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, For the mouth of the LORD has spoken." |
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Isaiah - Chapter 58
   
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