Isaiah 58:3
‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you don’t notice?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and oppress all your laborers.Isaiah 58:3 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — યશાયા ૫૮:૩
- તેઓ કહે છે, “અમે ઉપવાસ કર્યો છે પણ તમે કેમ જોયું નહિ? અમે અમારી જાતોને નમ્ર કરી, પણ કેમ તમે ધ્યાન આપ્યું નહિ?” જુઓ, ઉપવાસને દિવસે તમે તમારા આનંદને શોધો છો અને તમારા સર્વ મજૂરો પર જુલમ ગુજારો છો.
- हिन्दी — यशायाह ५८:३
- वे कहते हैं, ‘क्या कारण है कि हमने तो उपवास रखा, परन्तु तूने इसकी सुधि नहीं ली? हमने दुःख उठाया, परन्तु तूने कुछ ध्यान नहीं दिया?’ सुनो, उपवास के दिन तुम अपनी ही इच्छा पूरी करते हो और अपने सेवकों से कठिन कामों को कराते हो।
In context
1“Cry aloud! Don’t spare! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.
3‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you don’t notice?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and oppress all your laborers.
4Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You don’t fast today so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
5Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
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