Isaiah 58:5
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Note a day…: or, to afflict his soul for a day?
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?
Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- it such
- 2 Chronicles 20:3; Ezra 10:6; Nehemiah 9:1, 2; Esther 4:3, 16; Daniel 9:3–19; Zechariah 7:5
- a day for a man to afflict his soul
- or, to afflict his soulfor a day.
- Isaiah 58:3; Leviticus 16:29
- to spread
- 1 Kings 21:27–29; 2 Kings 6:30; Job 2:8; Jonah 3:5–8
- an acceptable
- Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 61:2; Psalm 69:13; Luke 4:19; Romans 12:2; 1 Peter 2:5