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True Fasting…

June 3, 2012 by admin Leave a Comment

“Shout it aloud,   do not hold back.     Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion     and to the descendants of Jacob their sins. 2 For day after day they seek   me out;     they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right     and has not forsaken   the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions     and seem eager for God to come near   them. 3 ‘Why have we fasted,’they say,     ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled  ourselves,     and you have not noticed?’

“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please     and exploit all your workers. 4 Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,     and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today     and expect your voice to be heard   on high. 5 Is this the kind of fast  I have chosen,     only a day for people to humble  themselves? Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed     and for lying in 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   them,     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[a]   will go before you,     and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. 9 Then you will call,  and the Lord will answer;     you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,     with the pointing finger   and malicious talk, 10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry     and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light   will rise in the darkness,     and your night will become like the noonday. 11 The Lord will guide   you always;     he will satisfy your needs   in a sun-scorched land     and will strengthen   your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden,     like a spring   whose waters never fail. 12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins     and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,     Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath     and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight     and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way     and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, 14 then you will find your joy  in the Lord,     and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights  of the land     and to feast on the inheritance  of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

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