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“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?

Isaiah 58:6 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીયશાયા ૫૮:૬
આ એ ઉપવાસ નથી જેને હું પસંદ કરું છું: દુષ્ટતાનાં બંધનો છોડવાં, ઝૂંસરીનાં દોરડાં છોડવાં, કચડાયેલાઓને મુકત કરવા અને દરેક ઝૂંસરીને ભાંગી નાખવી.
हिन्दीयशायाह ५८:६
“जिस उपवास से मैं प्रसन्न होता हूँ, वह क्या यह नहीं, कि, अन्याय से बनाए हुए दासों, और अंधेर सहनेवालों का जूआ तोड़कर उनको छुड़ा लेना, और, सब जूओं को टुकड़े-टुकड़े कर देना? (लूका 4:18,19, नीति. 21:3, याकू. 1:27)

In context

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?

8Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and the LORD’s glory will be your rear guard.

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