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  58:1 ¶
Cry aloud, and spare not; lift up thy voice as with a trumpet, and declare to my people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their iniquities. |
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58:1 ¶
Cryºº
aloud,º
spareºº
not,º
liftºº
upº
thy voiceº
like a trumpet,º
and shewºº
my peopleº
their transgression,º
and the houseº
of Jacobº
their sins.º |
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58:2
They seek me day by day, and desire to know my ways, as a people that had done righteousness, and had not forsaken the judgment of their God: they now ask of me righteous judgment, and desire to draw nigh to God, |
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58:2
Yet they seekºº
me daily,º
and delightºº
to knowº
my ways,º
as a nationº
thatº
didºº
righteousness,º
and forsookºº
notº
the ordinanceº
of their Elohim:º
they askºº
of me the ordinancesº
of justice;º
they take delightºº
in approachingº
to Elohim.º |
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58:3 ¶
saying, Why have we fasted, and thou regardest not? [why] have we afflicted our souls, and thou didst not know it? Nay, in the days of your fasts ye find your pleasures, and all them that are under your power ye wound. |
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58:3 ¶
Whereforeº
have we fasted,ºº
[say they], and thou seestºº
not?º
[wherefore] have we afflictedºº
our soul,º
and thou takest no knowledge?ººº
Behold,º
in the dayº
of your fastº
ye findºº
pleasure,º
and exactºº
allº
your labours.º |
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58:4
If ye fast for quarrels and strifes, and smite the lowly with [your] fists, wherefore do ye fast to me as [ye do] this day, so that your voice may be heard in crying? |
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58:4
Behold,º
ye fastºº
for strifeº
and debate,º
and to smiteºº
with the fistº
of wickedness:º
ye shall notº
fastºº
as [ye do this] day,º
to make your voiceº
to be heardºº
on high.º |
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58:5
I have not chosen this fast, nor [such] a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though thou shouldest bend down thy neck as a ring, and spread under thee sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall ye call a fast acceptable. |
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58:5
Isº
it suchº
a fastº
that I have chosen?ºº
a dayº
for a manº
to afflictºº
his soul?º
[is it] to bow downºº
his headº
as a bulrush,º
and to spreadºº
sackclothº
and ashesº
[under him]? wilt thou callºº
thisº
a fast,º
and an acceptableº
dayº
to Yahweh?º |
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58:6
I have not chosen such a fast, saith the Lord; but do thou loose every burden of iniquity, do thou untie the knots of hard bargains, set the bruised free, and cancel every unjust account. |
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58:6
[Is] notº
thisº
the fastº
that I have chosen?ºº
to looseºº
the bandsº
of wickedness,º
to undoºº
the heavyº
burdens,º
and to let the oppressedºº
goºº
free,º
and that ye breakºº
everyº
yoke?º |
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58:7
Break thy bread to the hungry, and lead the unsheltered poor to thy house: if thou seest one naked, clothe [him], and thou shalt not disregard the relations of thine own seed. |
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58:7
[Is it] notº
to dealºº
thy breadº
to the hungry,º
and that thou bringºº
the poorº
that are cast outº
to thy house?º
whenº
thou seestºº
the naked,º
that thou coverºº
him; and that thou hideºº
not thyselfºº
from thine own flesh?ºº |
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58:8 ¶
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily spring forth: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of God shall compass thee. |
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58:8 ¶
Thenº
shall thy lightº
break forthºº
as the morning,º
and thine healthº
shall spring forthºº
speedily:º
and thy righteousnessº
shall goºº
beforeº
thee; the gloryº
of Yahwehº
shall be thy rereward.ºº |
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58:9
Then shalt thou cry, and God shall hearken to thee; while thou art yet speaking he will say, Behold, I am here. If thou remove from thee the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech; |
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58:9
Thenº
shalt thou call,ºº
and Yahwehº
shall answer;ºº
thou shalt cry,ºº
and he shall say,ºº
Hereº
I [am]. Ifº
thou take awayºº
from the midstºº
of thee the yoke,º
the putting forthºº
of the finger,º
and speakingºº
vanity;º |
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58:10
and [if] thou give bread to the hungry from thy heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness, and thy darkness [shall be] as noon-day: |
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58:10
And [if] thou draw outºº
thy soulº
to the hungry,º
and satisfyºº
the afflictedºº
soul;º
then shall thy lightº
riseºº
in obscurity,º
and thy darknessº
[be] as the noonday:º |
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58:11
and thy God shall be with thee continually, and thou shalt be satisfied according as thy soul desires; and thy bones shall be made fat, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a fountain [from] which the water has not failed. |
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58:11
And Yahwehº
shall guideºº
thee continually,º
and satisfyºº
thy soulº
in drought,º
and make fatºº
thy bones:º
and thou shalt beº
like a wateredº
garden,º
and like a springº
of water,º
whoseº
watersº
failºº
not.º |
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58:12
And thy old waste desert [places] shall be built up, and thy foundations shall last through all generations; and thou shalt be called a repairer of breaches, and thou shalt cause thy paths between to be in peace. |
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58:12
And [they that shall be] ofº
thee shall buildºº
the oldº
waste places:º
thou shalt raise upºº
the foundationsº
of manyº
generations;º
and thou shalt be called,ºº
The repairerºº
of the breach,º
The restorerºº
of pathsº
to dwellº
in.ºº |
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58:13 ¶
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, so as not to do thy pleasure on the holy days, and shalt call the sabbaths delightful, holy to God; [if] thou shalt not lift up thy foot to work, nor speak a word in anger out of thy mouth, |
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58:13 ¶
Ifº
thou turn awayºº
thy footº
from the sabbath,ºº
[from] doingºº
thy pleasureº
on my holyº
day;º
and callºº
the sabbathº
a delight,º
the holyº
of Yahweh,º
honourable;ºº
and shalt honourºº
him, not doingººº
thine own ways,º
nor findingººº
thine own pleasure,º
nor speakingºº
[thine own] words:º |
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58:14
then shalt thou trust on the Lord; and he shall bring thee up to the good places of the land, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this. |
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58:14
Thenº
shalt thou delightºº
thyselfº
inº
Yahweh;º
and I will cause thee to rideºº
uponº
the high placesº
of the earth,º
and feedºº
thee with the heritageº
of Jacobº
thy father:º
forº
the mouthº
of Yahwehº
hath spokenºº
[it]. |
