Isaiah 58:3-5 Saying, Why is it that we have fasted, and thou sawest not? humbled our souls, and thou perceivedst not? for in the days of your fast ye find your desires, and vex all those subject unto you.

Ottley⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ Saying, Why is it that we have fasted, and thou sawest not? humbled our souls, and thou perceivedst not? for in the days of your fast ye find your desires, and vex all those subject unto you. ⁴ Ye fast for quarrels and strife, and smite a humble man with fists; wherefore fast ye before me as to-day, for your voice to be heard in clamour? ⁵ This is not the fast that I choose, and a day for a man to humble his soul; not even if thou bend thy neck like a ring, and spread sackcloth and ashes under thee, not even so shall ye call it an acceptable fast.