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Is 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?

Isaiah 58:5 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીયશાયા ૫૮:૫
ખરેખર આ પ્રકારના ઉપવાસ હું ઇચ્છું છું: તે દિવસે દરેક માણસ પોતાની જાતને નમ્ર કરે, પોતાનું માથું બરુની જેમ નમાવે અને પોતાની બેઠક નીચે ટાટ તથા રાખનું પાથરણું કરે? શું ખરેખર તમે આને ઉપવાસ, યહોવાહનો માન્ય દિવસ કહો છો?
हिन्दीयशायाह ५८:५
जिस उपवास से मैं प्रसन्न होता हूँ अर्थात् जिसमें मनुष्य स्वयं को दीन करे, क्या तुम इस प्रकार करते हो? क्या सिर को झाऊ के समान झुकाना, अपने नीचे टाट बिछाना, और राख फैलाने ही को तुम उपवास और यहोवा को प्रसन्न करने का दिन कहते हो? (मत्ती 6:16, जक. 7:5)

In context

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?

6“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

7Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?

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