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Isaiah 58:5-8 Justice and True Fasting

5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,
only a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed
and for lying on sackcloth and ashes?
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the Lord?

6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?

7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—
when you see the naked, to clothe him,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness will go before you,
and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.

Cross References for Isaiah 58:5-8

Numbers 30:13 - Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow she makes or any sworn pledge to deny herself. Click to read the verse Numbers 30:13 Click to read the verse Numbers 30:13

1 Peter 2:5 - you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, o... Click to read the verse 1 Peter 2:5 Click to read the verse 1 Peter 2:5

Joel 2:13 - Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and comp... Click to read the verse Joel 2:13 Click to read the verse Joel 2:13

Ezra 8:21 - There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our Go... Click to read the verse Ezra 8:21 Click to read the verse Ezra 8:21

Jonah 3:5-8 - The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the lea... Click to read the verse Jonah 3:5-8 Click to read the verse Jonah 3:5-8

Esther 4:16 - “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for thr... Click to read the verse Esther 4:16 Click to read the verse Esther 4:16

Job 42:6 - Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” Click to read the verse Job 42:6 Click to read the verse Job 42:6

Leviticus 23:27 - “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny y... Click to read the verse Leviticus 23:27 Click to read the verse Leviticus 23:27

Isaiah 58:3 - ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and y... Click to read the verse Isaiah 58:3 Click to read the verse Isaiah 58:3

Zechariah 7:5 - “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and ... Click to read the verse Zechariah 7:5 Click to read the verse Zechariah 7:5

Leviticus 16:29 - “This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny... Click to read the verse Leviticus 16:29 Click to read the verse Leviticus 16:29

Psalms 35:13 - Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers ret... Click to read the verse Psalms 35:13 Click to read the verse Psalms 35:13

Leviticus 16:31 - It is a sabbath of rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance. Click to read the verse Leviticus 16:31 Click to read the verse Leviticus 16:31

Romans 12:2 - Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of y... Click to read the verse Romans 12:2 Click to read the verse Romans 12:2

Isaiah 61:2 - to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all wh... Click to read the verse Isaiah 61:2 Click to read the verse Isaiah 61:2

Romans 14:6 - He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for... Click to read the verse Romans 14:6 Click to read the verse Romans 14:6

Nehemiah 9:1-2 - The Israelites Confess Their Sins On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites ga... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:1-2 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:1-2

Esther 4:1 - Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his ... Click to read the verse Esther 4:1 Click to read the verse Esther 4:1

2 Chronicles 20:3 - Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 20:3 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 20:3

Job 2:8 - Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes. Click to read the verse Job 2:8 Click to read the verse Job 2:8

Isaiah 49:8 - Restoration of Israel This is what the Lord says: “In the time of my favor I will answer you, a... Click to read the verse Isaiah 49:8 Click to read the verse Isaiah 49:8

Daniel 9:3-19 - So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sac... Click to read the verse Daniel 9:3-19 Click to read the verse Daniel 9:3-19

1 Kings 21:27-29 - When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcl... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:27-29 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:27-29

2 Kings 6:30 - When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore his robes. As he went along the wall, the people... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 6:30 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 6:30

Psalms 69:13 - But I pray to you, O Lord, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with... Click to read the verse Psalms 69:13 Click to read the verse Psalms 69:13

Ezra 10:6 - Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliash... Click to read the verse Ezra 10:6 Click to read the verse Ezra 10:6

Esther 4:3 - In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among... Click to read the verse Esther 4:3 Click to read the verse Esther 4:3

Luke 4:19 - to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Click to read the verse Luke 4:19 Click to read the verse Luke 4:19

Ephesians 5:10 - and find out what pleases the Lord. Click to read the verse Ephesians 5:10 Click to read the verse Ephesians 5:10