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         <div class="label">58</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">False and True Worship</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Shout out, do not hold back!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="content">Lift up your voice like a trumpet!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="content">Announce to my people their rebellion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="content">to the house of Jacob their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Yet day after day they seek me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">and delight to know my ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">and did not forsake the ordinance of their God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">they ask of me righteous judgments,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">they delight to draw near to God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why do we fast, but you do not see?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">and oppress all your workers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="content">and to strike with a wicked fist.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="content">Such fasting as you do today</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="content">will not make your voice heard on high.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Is such the fast that I choose,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">a day to humble oneself?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">and to lie in sackcloth and ashes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">Will you call this a fast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">a day acceptable to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Is not this the fast that I choose:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">to loose the bonds of injustice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">to undo the thongs of the yoke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">to let the oppressed go free,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">and to break every yoke?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">and bring the homeless poor into your house;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">when you see the naked, to cover them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">and not to hide yourself from your own kin?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">and your healing shall spring up quickly;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">your vindicator</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">58.8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fq">vindication</span></span></span><span class="content"> shall go before you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> shall be your rear guard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then you shall call, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">If you remove the yoke from among you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">if you offer your food to the hungry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">then your light shall rise in the darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">and your gloom be like the noonday.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will guide you continually,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">and satisfy your needs in parched places,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">and make your bones strong;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">and you shall be like a watered garden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">like a spring of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">whose waters never fail.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">you shall be called the repairer of the breach,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">the restorer of streets to live in.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">If you refrain from trampling the sabbath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">from pursuing your own interests on my holy day;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">if you call the sabbath a delight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">and the holy day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> honorable;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">if you honor it, not going your own ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">serving your own interests, or pursuing your own affairs;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">58.13 </span><span class="ft">Heb </span><span class="fq">or speaking words</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.58.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">then you shall take delight in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.58.14"><span class="content">and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.58.14"><span class="content">I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.58.14"><span class="content">for the mouth of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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Shout out, do not hold back!
Lift up your voice like a trumpet!
Announce to my people their rebellion,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
Yet day after day they seek me
and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness
and did not forsake the ordinance of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments,
they delight to draw near to God.
“Why do we fast, but you do not see?
Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?”
Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day,
and oppress all your workers.
Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight
and to strike with a wicked fist.
Such fasting as you do today
will not make your voice heard on high.
Is such the fast that I choose,
a day to humble oneself?
Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush,
and to lie in sackcloth and ashes?
Will you call this a fast,
a day acceptable to the LORD?

Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the thongs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover them,
and not to hide yourself from your own kin?
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up quickly;
your vindicator shall go before you,
the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer;
you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.

If you remove the yoke from among you,
the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,
if you offer your food to the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,
then your light shall rise in the darkness
and your gloom be like the noonday.
The LORD will guide you continually,
and satisfy your needs in parched places,
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters never fail.
Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to live in.

If you refrain from trampling the sabbath,
from pursuing your own interests on my holy day;
if you call the sabbath a delight
and the holy day of the LORD honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
serving your own interests, or pursuing your own affairs;
then you shall take delight in the LORD,
and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth;
I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob,
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

සවන් දෙන්න Isaiah 58