Isaiah 58 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Observances of Fasts

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.

Keeping the Sabbath

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.”

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:3 Lit know
  2. Isaiah 58:5 Lit his
  3. Isaiah 58:7 Lit for
  4. Isaiah 58:9 I.e., an abusive gesture
  5. Isaiah 58:10 Or soul
  6. Isaiah 58:11 Or soul
  7. Isaiah 58:11 Or deceive
  8. Isaiah 58:12 Lit paths

Cross references

  1. Isaiah 58:1 : Is 40:6
  2. Isaiah 58:1 : Is 43:27; 50:1; 59:12
  3. Isaiah 58:2 : Is 1:11; Titus 1:16
  4. Isaiah 58:2 : Is 48:1; Jer 7:9, 10
  5. Isaiah 58:2 : Is 1:4, 28; 59:13
  6. Isaiah 58:2 : Ps 119:151; Is 29:13; 57:3; James 4:8
  7. Isaiah 58:3 : Mal 3:14; Luke 18:12
  8. Isaiah 58:3 : Is 22:12, 13; Zech 7:5, 6
  9. Isaiah 58:4 : Is 3:14, 15; 59:6
  10. Isaiah 58:4 : Is 1:15; 59:2; Joel 2:12-14
  11. Isaiah 58:5 : 1 Kin 21:27
  12. Isaiah 58:5 : Is 49:8; 61:2
  13. Isaiah 58:6 : Neh 5:10-12; Jer 34:8
  14. Isaiah 58:6 : Is 1:17
  15. Isaiah 58:6 : Is 58:9
  16. Isaiah 58:7 : Job 31:19, 20; Is 58:10; Ezek 18:7, 16
  17. Isaiah 58:7 : Is 16:3, 4; Heb 13:2
  18. Isaiah 58:7 : Matt 25:35, 36; Luke 3:11
  19. Isaiah 58:7 : Deut 22:1-4; Luke 10:31, 32
  20. Isaiah 58:8 : Is 58:10
  21. Isaiah 58:8 : Is 30:26; 33:24; Jer 30:17; 33:6
  22. Isaiah 58:8 : Ps 85:13; Is 62:1
  23. Isaiah 58:8 : Ex 14:19; Is 52:12
  24. Isaiah 58:9 : Ps 50:15; Is 55:6; 65:24
  25. Isaiah 58:9 : Is 58:6
  26. Isaiah 58:9 : Prov 6:13
  27. Isaiah 58:9 : Ps 12:2; Is 59:13
  28. Isaiah 58:10 : Deut 15:7; Is 58:7
  29. Isaiah 58:10 : Job 11:17; Ps 37:6; Is 42:16; 58:8
  30. Isaiah 58:11 : Is 49:10; 57:18
  31. Isaiah 58:11 : Ps 107:9; Is 41:17
  32. Isaiah 58:11 : Is 66:14
  33. Isaiah 58:11 : Song 4:15; Is 27:3; Jer 31:12
  34. Isaiah 58:11 : John 4:14; 7:38
  35. Isaiah 58:12 : Is 49:8; 61:4; Ezek 36:10
  36. Isaiah 58:12 : Is 44:28
  37. Isaiah 58:12 : Is 30:13; Amos 9:11
  38. Isaiah 58:13 : Ex 31:16, 17; 35:2, 3; Is 56:2, 4, 6; Jer 17:21-27
  39. Isaiah 58:13 : Ps 27:4; 42:4; 84:2, 10
  40. Isaiah 58:13 : Is 55:8
  41. Isaiah 58:13 : Is 59:13
  42. Isaiah 58:14 : Job 22:26; Is 61:10
  43. Isaiah 58:14 : Deut 32:13; 33:29; Is 33:16; Hab 3:19
  44. Isaiah 58:14 : Is 1:20; 40:5

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