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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?

KJV

Nonne hoc est magis jejunium quod elegi ? Dissolve colligationes impietatis, solve fasciculos deprimentes, dimitte eos qui confracti sunt liberos, et omne onus dirumpe ;

Vulgate

οὐχὶ τοιαύτην νηστείαν ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην, λέγει Κύριος, ἀλλὰ λῦε πάντα σύνδεσμον ἀδικίας, διάλυε στραγγαλιὰς βιαίων συναλλαγμάτων, ἀπόστελλε τεθραυσμένους ἐν ἀφέσει, καὶ πᾶσαν συνγραφὴν ἄδικον διάσπα.

LXX

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

ASV

הֲ/ל֣וֹא זֶה֮ צ֣וֹם אֶבְחָרֵ/הוּ֒ פַּתֵּ֨חַ֙ חַרְצֻבּ֣וֹת רֶ֔שַׁע הַתֵּ֖ר אֲגֻדּ֣וֹת מוֹטָ֑ה וְ/שַׁלַּ֤ח רְצוּצִים֙ חָפְשִׁ֔ים וְ/כָל מוֹטָ֖ה תְּנַתֵּֽקוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲגֻדָּ֣ה
'gdh
noun · 4×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
חַרְצֻבּ֣וֹת
chrtsbvt
noun · 2×
חָפְשִׁ֖י
chpshy
adjective · 17×
יִנָּתֵֽק
yntq
verb · 27×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
יַּתֵּ֥ר
ytr
verb · 8×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מֹט֣וֹת
mtvt
noun · 12×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
צ֣וֹם
tsvm
noun · 26×
רֶ֑שַׁע
rsh'
noun · 30×
רָצ֤וּץ
rtsvts
verb · 19×

Historic Christian voices

11 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2447The works of mercy are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbor in his spiritual and bodily necessities.241 Instructing, advising, consoling, comforting are spiritual works of mercy, as are forgiving and bearing wrongs patiently. the corporal works of mercy consist especially in feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, clothing the naked, visiting the …
Proof that God did not appoint the Levitical dispensation for His own sake, or as requiring such service; for He does, in fact, need nothing from men. 1. Moreover, the prophets indicate in the fullest manner that God stood in no need of their slavish obedience, but that it was upon their own account that He enjoined certain observances in the law. And again, that God needed not…
2. And after six days He takes with Him Peter and James and John. Matthew 17:1 Now another says, after eight, Luke 9:28 not contradicting this writer, but most fully agreeing with him. For the one expressed both the very day on which He spoke, and that on which He led them up; but the other, the days between them only. But mark thou, I pray you, the severe goodness of Matthew, …
He says to them again, concerning these things, "Why do ye fast for Me, as on this day, saith the Lord, that your voice should be heard with a cry? I have not chosen this fast, saith the Lord, that a man should humble his soul."
He said to me, "As I was fasting and seated on a certain mountain, and giving thanks to the Lord for all that He had done unto me, I see the shepherd seated beside me, and saying, Why hast thou come hither so early? Because, Sir, I said, I have a station." He said, "What is a station?" I replied, "I am fasting, Sir." He then said, "What sort of fast is this which ye are observi…
Q. What does God require of you in this commandment? A. That I do whatever I can for my neighbor's good, that I treat others as I would like them to treat me, and that I work faithfully so that I may share with those in need.
We see that in the ancient churches there were certain times appointed for holy days, or feasts, and appointed solemn assemblies for their orderly celebration. We permit the churches to celebrate the memory of the Lord's nativity, circumcision, passion, resurrection, and of his ascension into heaven, and the sending of the Holy Spirit upon his disciples. We approve of fasting a…
And that this too may be clear to you, there were spoken from the person of the Father through Isaiah the Prophet, the following words: The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel does not know, and My people has not understood. Woe, sinful nation, a people full of sins, a wicked seed, children that are transgressors, you have forsaken the Lord. And again …

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 6:1 — Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
  • Acts 8:23 — For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
  • Amos 4:1 — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
  • Exod 1:14 — And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
  • Exod 2:11 — And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
  • Gal 6:2 — Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
  • Hos 6:6 — For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  • Hos 12:6 — Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
  • Isa 5:7 — For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
  • Isa 58:9 — 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;
  • Isa 58:9 — 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;
  • Jas 1:27 — Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
  • Jer 34:8 — This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
  • Jer 50:33 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
  • Lev 25:14 — And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
  • Luke 11:46 — And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
  • Matt 5:7 — Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
  • Matt 5:42 — Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
  • Mic 3:2 — Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
  • Mic 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
  • Neh 5:10 — I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
  • Neh 5:11 — Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exa
  • Prov 21:13 — Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
  • Prov 24:11 — If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
  • Zech 7:9 — Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: