Isaiah 58:5 meaning and explanation
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
Isaiah 58:5, Berean Standard Bible
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God is speaking through Isaiah to a people who fast and humble themselves outwardly while quarreling and oppressing their workers (verses 3 and 4). Here He asks whether such a performance is the fast He chose.
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