58:1 “Cry loudly, do not hold back;
Raise your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their wrongdoing,
And to the house of Jacob their sins.
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.
58:3 ‘Why have we fasted and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not ①notice?’
Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire,
And oppress all your workers.
▷ ①Lit know
58:4 Behold, you fast for contention and strife, and to strike with a wicked fist.
You do not fast like you have done today to make your voice heard on high!
58:5 Is it a fast like this that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it for bowing ①one’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?
▷ ①Lit his
58:6 Is this not the fast that I choose:
To release the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the ropes of the yoke,
And to let the oppressed go free,
And break every yoke?
58:7 Is it not to break your bread ①with 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?
▷ ①Lit for
58:8 Then your light will break out like the dawn,
And your recovery will spring up quickly;
And your righteousness will go before you;
The glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
58:9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;
You will cry for help, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you remove the yoke from your midst,
The ①pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,
▷ ①I.e., an abusive gesture
58:10 And if you offer yourself to the hungry
And satisfy the ①need of the afflicted,
Then your light will rise in darkness,
And your gloom will become like midday.
▷ ①Or soul
58:11 And the LORD will continually guide you,
And satisfy your ①desire 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 ②fail.
▷ ①Or soul ②Or deceive
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 ①streets in which to dwell.
▷ ①Lit paths
58:13 “If, because of the Sabbath, you restrain your foot
From doing as you wish on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a pleasure, and 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,
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.”