Is this not the fast that I choose:
To (A)release the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the ropes of the yoke,
And to (B)let the oppressed go free,
And (C)break every yoke?
Is it not to (D)break your bread [a]with the hungry
And (E)bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the (F)naked, to cover him;
And not to (G)hide yourself from your own flesh?

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  1. Isaiah 58:7 Lit for

“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)

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For (A)if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly (B)practice justice between a person and his neighbor,

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If you really change(A) your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,(B)

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23 But this is [a]what I commanded them, saying, ‘(A)Obey My voice, and (B)I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you shall walk [b]entirely in the way which I command you, so that it may (C)go well for you.’

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  1. Jeremiah 7:23 Lit the word
  2. Jeremiah 7:23 Lit in all the way

23 but I gave them this command:(A) Obey(B) me, and I will be your God and you will be my people.(C) Walk in obedience to all(D) I command you, that it may go well(E) with you.

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12 (A)house of David, this is what the Lord says:

(B)Administer justice [a]every (C)morning;
And save the person who has been robbed from the [b]power of his oppressor,
(D)So that My wrath will not spread like fire
And (E)burn, with no one to extinguish it,
Because of the evil of their deeds.

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  1. Jeremiah 21:12 Or in the
  2. Jeremiah 21:12 Lit hand

12 This is what the Lord says to you, house of David:

“‘Administer justice(A) every morning;
    rescue from the hand of the oppressor(B)
    the one who has been robbed,
or my wrath will break out and burn like fire(C)
    because of the evil(D) you have done—
    burn with no one to quench(E) it.

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He has (A)told you, mortal one, what is good;
And (B)what does the Lord require of you
But to (C)do justice, to (D)love [a]kindness,
And to walk [b](E)humbly with your God?

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  1. Micah 6:8 Or loyalty
  2. Micah 6:8 Or circumspectly

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly(A) and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly[a](B) with your God.(C)

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  1. Micah 6:8 Or prudently

“This is what the Lord of armies has said: ‘(A)Dispense true justice and practice (B)kindness and compassion each to his brother;

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“This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice;(A) show mercy and compassion to one another.(B)

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16 These are the things which you shall do: speak the (A)truth to one another; (B)judge with truth and judgment for peace at your [a]gates.

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  1. Zechariah 8:16 I.e., the place where court was held

16 These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth(A) to each other, and render true and sound judgment(B) in your courts;(C)

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23 (A)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and [a]cumin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

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  1. Matthew 23:23 Similar to caraway seeds

23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth(A) of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness.(B) You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

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