World English Bible (WEB)
"'Why have we fasted,' say they, 'and you do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?' "Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors."
Prophecies of judgment and hope, including the coming Messiah.
Old Testament • Book #23
"Cry aloud, do not spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedi...
Isaiah 58:2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and did not...
Isaiah 58:4Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you do not fa...
Isaiah 58:5Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his he...
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