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Isaiah 58 Summary
True Fasting and Sabbath Obedience
The prophet must cry aloud and declare to Jacob their transgressions and sins; the people fast and seek the LORD yet exact labor and quarrel while fasting, which the LORD does not accept. The fast He has chosen is to loose the bands of wickedness, free the oppressed, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and honor the sabbath. Those who do such deeds shall have their light break forth as the morning, and the LORD shall guide them continually, making them like a watered garden and calling them repairers of breaches.
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Key verses
Isaiah 58:1
“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.”
Isaiah 58:6
“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?”
Isaiah 58:8
“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 rearward.”
Isaiah 58:11
“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.”
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