Isaiah 58:3-7

LEB(i) 3 'Why do we fast, and you do not see it? We humiliate our soul, and you do not notice it?' Look! You find delight on the day of your fast, and you oppress all your workers! 4 Look! You fast to quarrel and strife, and to strike with a wicked fist.* You shall not fast as you do today,* to make your voice heard* on the height. 5 Is the fast I choose like this, a day for humankind to humiliate himself*? To bow his head like a reed, and make* his bed on sackcloth and ashes; you call this a fast and a day of pleasure to Yahweh? 6 Is this not the fast I choose: to release the bonds of injustice, to untie the ropes of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and tear* every yoke to pieces? 7 Is it not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring home* the poor, the homeless. When you see the naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your relatives.*