Isaiah 58:3
“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Note labours: or, things wherewith ye grieve others: Heb. griefs
‘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.
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure, and exact all your labors.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- have we fasted
- Numbers 23:4; Micah 3:9–11; Zechariah 7:5–7; Malachi 3:14; Matthew 20:11, 12; Luke 15:29; Luke 18:9–12
- afflicted
- Leviticus 16:29, 31; Leviticus 23:27; Psalm 69:10
- in
- Daniel 10:2, 3; Jonah 3:6–8
- exact
- Nehemiah 5:7; Proverbs 28:9; Jeremiah 34:9–17; Matthew 18:28–35
- labours
- or, things wherewith ye grieve others. Heb.griefs.
- Isaiah 47:6; Exodus 2:23, 24