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Isaiah, Chapter 58, verses 1-12

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.	1 Isa 40:6 Isa 43:27 Isa 50:1 Isa 59:12
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.	2 Isa 1:11 Tit 1:16 Isa 48:1 Jer 7:9 Jer 7:10 Isa 1:4 Isa 1:28 Isa 59:13 Psa 119:151 Isa 29:13 Isa 57:3 Jam 4:8
³ ‘Why have we fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not^a Lit knownotice?’ Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire, And drive hard all your workers.	3 Mal 3:14 Luk 18:12 Isa 22:12 Isa 22:13 Zec 7:5 Zec 7:6
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.	4 Isa 3:14 Isa 3:15 Isa 59:6 Isa 1:15 Isa 59:2 Joe 2:12-14
⁵ “Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing^b Lit hisone’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?	5 Ki1 21:27 Isa 49:8 Isa 61:2
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?	6 Neh 5:10-12 Jer 34:8 Isa 1:17 Isa 58:9
⁷ “Is it not to divide your bread^c Lit forwith 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?	7 Job 31:19 Job 31:20 Isa 58:10 Eze 18:7 Eze 18:16 Isa 16:3 Isa 16:4 Heb 13:2 Mat 25:35 Mat 25:36 Luk 3:11 Deu 22:1-4 Luk 10:31 Luk 10:32
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.	8 Isa 58:10 Isa 30:26 Isa 33:24 Jer 30:17 Jer 33:6 Psa 85:13 Isa 62:1 Exo 14:19 Isa 52:12
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^d Lit sending outpointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,	9 Psa 50:15 Isa 55:6 Isa 65:24 Isa 58:6 Pro 6:13 Psa 12:2 Isa 59:13
¹⁰ And if you^e Lit furnishgive yourself to the hungry And satisfy the^f Or souldesire of the afflicted, Then your light will rise in darkness And your gloom will become like midday.	10 Deu 15:7 Isa 58:7 Job 11:17 Psa 37:6 Isa 42:16 Isa 58:8
¹¹ “And the LORD will continually guide you, And satisfy your^g Or souldesire 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^h Or deceivefail.	11 Isa 49:10 Isa 57:18 Psa 107:9 Isa 41:17 Isa 66:14 Sol 4:15 Isa 27:3 Jer 31:12 Joh 4:14 Joh 7:38
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 theⁱ Lit pathsstreets in which to dwell.	12 Isa 49:8 Isa 61:4 Eze 36:10 Isa 44:28 Isa 30:13 Amo 9:11


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