1 The prophet, being sent to reprove hypocrisy, shews the difference between a counterfeit fast and a true
8 He declares what promises are due unto godliness
13 And to the keeping of the sabbath

aloud. Heb. with the throat. spare Isa 56:10 Ps 40:9,10 Jer 1:7-10,17-19 7:8-11 15:19,20 Eze 2:3-8 3:5-9,17-21 20:4 22:2 Mic 3:8-12 Mt 3:7-9 Ac 7:51,52 20:26,27 Tit 2:15 Re 14:9,10

lift up Isa 40:9,10

like Isa 27:13 Ho 8:1 Re 1:10 4:1

2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

they seek Isa 1:11-15 29:13 48:1,2 De 5:28,29 1Sa 15:21-25 Pr 15:8 Eze 33:30-33 Mt 15:7-9 Mr 4:16,17 6:20 Joh 5:35 Tit 1:16 Heb 6:4-6

they ask Jer 42:2,20 Mr 12:14 Jas 1:21,22 1Pe 2:1,2

3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

have we fasted Nu 23:4 Mic 3:9-11 Zec 7:5-7 Mal 3:14 Mt 20:11,12 Lu 15:29 18:9-12

afflicted Le 16:29,31 23:27 Ps 69:10

in Da 10:2,3 Jon 3:6-8

exact Ne 5:7 Pr 28:9 Jer 34:9-17 Mt 18:28-35

labours. or, things wherewith ye grieve others. Heb. griefs Isa 47:6 Ex 2:23,24

4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

ye fast 1Ki 21:9-13 Pr 21:27 Mt 6:16 23:14 Lu 20:47 Joh 18:28

and to smite Ac 23:1,2 Php 1:14,15

shall not fast as ye do this day. or fast not as this day. to make Joe 2:13,14 Jon 3:7 Mt 6:16-18

5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

it such 2Ch 20:3 Ezr 10:6 Ne 9:1,2 Es 4:3,16 Da 9:3 Zec 7:5

a day for a man to afflict his soul. or, to afflict his soul for a day Isa 58:3 Le 16:29

to spread 1Ki 21:27-29 2Ki 6:30 Job 2:8 Jon 3:5-8

an acceptable Isa 49:8 61:2 Ps 69:13 Lu 4:19 Ro 12:2 1Pe 2:5

6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

to loose Ne 5:10-12 Jer 34:8-11 Mic 3:2-4

heavy burdens. Heb. bundles of the yoke. oppressed. Heb. broken. ye break 1Ti 6:1

7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

to deal Isa 58:10 Job 22:7 31:18-21 Ps 112:9 Pr 22:9 25:21 28:27 Ec 11:1,2 Eze 18:7,16 Da 4:27 Mt 25:35-40 Lu 11:41 19:8 Ro 12:20,21 2Co 9:6-10 1Ti 5:10 Phm 1:7 Jas 2:15,16 1Jo 3:17,18

bring Isa 16:3,4 Ge 18:2-5 19:2 Jud 19:20,21 Ac 16:15,34 Ro 12:13 Heb 13:2,3

cast out. or, afflicted. the naked 2Ch 28:15 Job 31:19,20 Eze 18:7 Mt 25:35-45 Lu 3:11

thine own Ge 19:14 Jud 9:2 Ne 5:5 Lu 10:26-36 1Jo 3:17

8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.

thy light Isa 58:10,11 Job 11:17 Ps 37:6 97:11 112:4 Pr 4:18 Ho 6:3 Mal 4:2

and thine Isa 57:18 Jer 33:6 Ho 6:2 14:4 Mt 13:15

and thy Ps 85:13 Ac 10:4,31,35

the glory Isa 52:12 Ex 14:19

be thy reward. Heb. gather thee up

9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

shalt thou Isa 1:15 30:19 65:24 Ps 34:15-17 37:4 50:15 66:18,19 91:15 118:5 Jer 29:12,13 Mt 7:7,8 1Jo 3:21,22

here Ge 27:18 1Sa 3:4-8

the yoke Isa 58:6

the putting Isa 57:4 Pr 6:13

speaking Isa 59:3,4 Ps 12:2 Eze 13:8 Zec 10:2

10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:

thou draw Isa 58:7 De 15:7-10 Ps 41:1 112:5-9 Pr 11:24,25 14:31 28:27 Lu 18:22

thy soul. Instead of 'thy soul,' eleven MSS. read 'thy bread,' which is adopted by Bp. Lowth; but 'to draw out the soul' in relieving the poor, probably means to do it not of constraint, but cheerfully. then Isa 58:8 29:18 Job 11:17 Ps 37:6

11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

the Lord Isa 49:10 Ps 25:9 32:8 48:14 73:24 Joh 16:13 1Th 3:11

and satisfy Isa 33:16 Job 5:20 Ps 33:19 34:9,10 37:19 Jer 17:8 Ho 13:5

drought. Heb. droughts. make fat Ps 92:14 Pr 3:8 11:25 13:4 28:25

be like Isa 61:11 So 4:15 Jer 31:12 Eze 36:35

fail. Heb. lie, or deceive Job 6:15-20

12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

build Isa 61:4 Ne 2:5,17 4:1-6 Jer 31:38 Eze 36:4,8-11,33 Am 9:14

waste Isa 51:3 52:9

the repairer Ne 4:7 6:1 Da 9:25 Am 9:11

13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

turn Isa 56:1-6 Ex 20:8-11 31:13-17 36:2,3 De 5:12-15 Ne 13:15-22 Jer 17:21-27

call Ps 27:4 42:4 84:2,10 92:1,2 122:1 Re 1:10

14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

delight Job 22:26 27:10 34:9 Ps 36:8 37:4,11 Hab 3:18 Php 4:4 1Pe 1:8

to ride Isa 33:16 De 32:13 33:29 Hab 3:19

and feed Isa 1:19 Ps 105:9-11 135:12 136:21 Jer 3:19

the mouth Isa 1:20 40:5 Mic 4:4 Mt 24:35