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Isa 58:5 — Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

it such	2Ch 20:3; Ezr 10:6; Neh 9:1,2; Est 4:3,16; Dan 9:3-19; Zec 7:5
a day for a man to afflict his soul	or, to afflict his soul for a day. Isa 58:3; Lev 16:29
to spread	1Ki 21:27-29; 2Ki 6:30; Job 2:8; Jon 3:5-8
an acceptable	Isa 49:8; Isa 61:2; Psa 69:13; Luk 4:19; Rom 12:2; 1Pe 2:5