Isaiah 58

New American Standard Bible

58 “^(A)Cry loudly, do not hold back;
Raise your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their ^(B)wrongdoing,
And to the house of Jacob their sins.
² Yet they ^(C)seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways,
As a nation that has done ^(D)righteousness
And ^(E)has not forsaken the ordinance of their God.
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight ^(F)in the nearness of God.
³ ‘Why have we ^(G)fasted and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not ^[a]notice?’
Behold, on the ^(H)day of your fast you find your desire,
And oppress all your workers.
⁴ Behold, you fast for contention and ^(I)strife, and to strike with a wicked fist.
You do not fast like you have done today to ^(J)make your voice heard on high!
⁵ Is it a fast like this that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it for bowing ^[b]one’s head like a reed
And for spreading out ^(K)sackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even an ^(L)acceptable day to the Lord?
⁶ Is this not the fast that I choose:
To ^(M)release the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the ropes of the yoke,
And to ^(N)let the oppressed go free,
And ^(O)break every yoke?
⁷ Is it not to ^(P)break your bread ^[c]with the hungry
And ^(Q)bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the ^(R)naked, to cover him;
And not to ^(S)hide yourself from your own flesh?
⁸ Then your ^(T)light will break out like the dawn,
And your ^(U)recovery will spring up quickly;
And your ^(V)righteousness will go before you;
The glory of the ^(W)Lord will be your rear guard.
⁹ Then you will ^(X)call, and the Lord will answer;
You will cry for help, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you ^(Y)remove the yoke from your midst,
The ^[d](Z)pointing of the finger and ^(AA)speaking wickedness,
¹⁰ And if you ^(AB)offer yourself to the hungry
And satisfy the ^[e]need of the afflicted,
Then your ^(AC)light will rise in darkness,
And your gloom will become like midday.
¹¹ And the ^(AD)Lord will continually guide you,
And ^(AE)satisfy your ^[f]desire in scorched places,
And ^(AF)give strength to your bones;
And you will be like a ^(AG)watered garden,
And like a ^(AH)spring of water whose waters do not ^[g]fail.
¹² Those from among you will ^(AI)rebuild the ancient ruins;
You will ^(AJ)raise up the age-old foundations;
And you will be called the repairer of the ^(AK)breach,
The restorer of the ^[h]streets in which to dwell.

¹³ “If, because of the Sabbath, you ^(AL)restrain your foot
From doing as you wish on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a ^(AM)pleasure, and the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, desisting from your ^(AN)own ways,
From seeking your own pleasure
And ^(AO)speaking your own word,
¹⁴ Then you will take ^(AP)delight in the Lord,
And I will make you ride ^(AQ)on the heights of the earth;
And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,
For the ^(AR)mouth of the Lord has spoken.”