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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[a] every yoke to pieces?
Is it not to break your bread for the hungry?
    You must bring home[b] the poor, the homeless.
When you see the naked, you must cover him,
    and you must not hide yourself from your relatives.[c]
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
    and your healing shall grow quickly.
And your salvation shall go before you;
    the glory of Yahweh will be your rear guard.

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  1. Isaiah 58:6 Literally “you must tear”
  2. Isaiah 58:7 Literally “a house”
  3. Isaiah 58:7 Literally “flesh”

“Is not this the kind of fasting(A) I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice(B)
    and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed(C) free
    and break every yoke?(D)
Is it not to share your food with the hungry(E)
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter(F)
when you see the naked, to clothe(G) them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?(H)
Then your light will break forth like the dawn,(I)
    and your healing(J) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness[a](K) will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.(L)

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  1. Isaiah 58:8 Or your righteous One