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World English Bible

Isaiah 58 (WEBP)

[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.
[2] Yet 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.
[4] Behold, 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.
[5] 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 Yahweh?
[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?
[7] Isn’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?
[8] Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.
[9] Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;
[10] and if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday;
[11] and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.
[12] Those who will be of you will build the old waste places. You will raise up the foundations of many generations. You will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of Paths with Dwellings.
[13] “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable, and honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,
[14] then you will delight yourself in Yahweh, and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth, and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father;” for Yahweh’s mouth has spoken it.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 58 (KJVS)

[1] Cry () aloud, spare () not, lift () up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew () my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
[2] Yet they seek () me daily, and delight () to know my ways, as a nation that did () righteousness, and forsook () not the ordinance of their God: they ask () of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight () in approaching to God.
[3] 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.
[4] Behold, ye fast () for strife and debate, and to smite () with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast () as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard () on high.
[5] 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?
[6] Is not this the fast that I have chosen? () to loose () the bands of wickedness, to undo () the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed () go () free, and that ye break () every yoke?
[7] Is it not to deal () thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring () the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest () the naked, that thou cover () him; and that thou hide () not thyself from thine own flesh?
[8] Then shall thy light break forth () as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth () speedily: and thy righteousness shall go () before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. ()
[9] Then shalt thou call, () and the Lord shall answer; () thou shalt cry, () and he shall say, () Here I am. If thou take away () from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth () of the finger, and speaking () vanity;
[10] and if thou draw out () thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy () the afflicted () soul; then shall thy light rise () in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
[11] and the Lord shall guide () thee continually, and satisfy () thy soul in drought, and make fat () thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail () not.
[12] And they that shall be of thee shall build () the old waste places: thou shalt raise up () the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, () The repairer () of the breach, The restorer () of paths to dwell in. ()
[13] If thou turn away () thy foot from the sabbath, from doing () thy pleasure on my holy day; and call () the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; () and shalt honour () him, not doing () thine own ways, nor finding () thine own pleasure, nor speaking () thine own words:
[14] then shalt thou delight () thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride () upon the high places of the earth, and feed () thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken () it.

Isaiah 58:1 Heb. with the throat
Isaiah 58:3 Or, things wherewith ye grieve others: Heb. griefs
Isaiah 58:4 Or, ye fast not as this day
Isaiah 58:5 Or, to afflict his soul for a day?
Isaiah 58:6a Heb. the bundles of the yoke
Isaiah 58:6b Heb. broken
Isaiah 58:7 Or, afflicted
Isaiah 58:8 Heb. shall gather thee up
Isaiah 58:11a Heb. droughts
Isaiah 58:11b Heb. lie, or deceive

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 58 (BYZ)

[1] Ἀναβόησον () ἐν () ἰσχύι () καὶ () μὴ () φείσῃ, () ὡς () σάλπιγγα () ὕψωσον () τὴν () φωνήν () σου () καὶ () ἀνάγγειλον () τῷ () λαῷ () μου () τὰ () ἁμαρτήματα () αὐτῶν () καὶ () τῷ () οἴκῳ () Ιακωβ () τὰς () ἀνομίας () αὐτῶν. ()
[2] Ἐμὲ () ἡμέραν () ἐξ () ἡμέρας () ζητοῦσιν () καὶ () γνῶναί () μου () τὰς () ὁδοὺς () ἐπιθυμοῦσιν· () ὡς () λαὸς () δικαιοσύνην () πεποιηκὼς () καὶ () κρίσιν () θεοῦ () αὐτοῦ () μὴ () ἐγκαταλελοιπὼς () αἰτοῦσίν () με () νῦν () κρίσιν () δικαίαν () καὶ () ἐγγίζειν () θεῷ () ἐπιθυμοῦσιν ()
[3] λέγοντες () Τί () ὅτι () ἐνηστεύσαμεν () καὶ () οὐκ () εἶδες; () Ἐταπεινώσαμεν () τὰς () ψυχὰς () ἡμῶν () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔγνως; () Ἐν () γὰρ () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () τῶν () νηστειῶν () ὑμῶν () εὑρίσκετε () τὰ () θελήματα () ὑμῶν () καὶ () πάντας () τοὺς () ὑποχειρίους ὑμῶν () ὑπονύσσετε.
[4] Εἰ () εἰς () κρίσεις () καὶ () μάχας () νηστεύετε () καὶ () τύπτετε () πυγμαῖς () ταπεινόν, () ἵνα () τί () μοι () νηστεύετε () ὡς () σήμερον () ἀκουσθῆναι () ἐν () κραυγῇ () τὴν () φωνὴν () ὑμῶν; ()
[5] Οὐ () ταύτην () τὴν () νηστείαν () ἐξελεξάμην καὶ () ἡμέραν () ταπεινοῦν () ἄνθρωπον () τὴν () ψυχὴν () αὐτοῦ· () οὐδ’ () ἂν () κάμψῃς () ὡς () κρίκον τὸν () τράχηλόν () σου () καὶ () σάκκον () καὶ () σποδὸν () ὑποστρώσῃ, () οὐδ’ () οὕτως () καλέσετε () νηστείαν () δεκτήν. ()
[6] Οὐχὶ () τοιαύτην () νηστείαν () ἐγὼ () ἐξελεξάμην, λέγει () κύριος, () ἀλλὰ () λῦε () πάντα () σύνδεσμον () ἀδικίας, () διάλυε () στραγγαλιὰς βιαίων () συναλλαγμάτων, ἀπόστελλε () τεθραυσμένους () ἐν () ἀφέσει () καὶ () πᾶσαν () συγγραφὴν ἄδικον () διάσπα· ()
[7] διάθρυπτε πεινῶντι () τὸν () ἄρτον () σου () καὶ () πτωχοὺς () ἀστέγους εἴσαγε () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκόν () σου· () ἐὰν () ἴδῃς () γυμνόν, () περίβαλε, () καὶ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () οἰκείων () τοῦ () σπέρματός () σου () οὐχ () ὑπερόψῃ. ()
[8] Τότε () ῥαγήσεται () πρόιμον () τὸ () φῶς () σου, () καὶ () τὰ () ἰάματά () σου () ταχὺ () ἀνατελεῖ, () καὶ () προπορεύσεται () ἔμπροσθέν () σου () ἡ () δικαιοσύνη () σου, () καὶ () ἡ () δόξα () τοῦ () θεοῦ () περιστελεῖ σε· ()
[9] τότε () βοήσῃ, () καὶ () ὁ () θεὸς () εἰσακούσεταί () σου· () ἔτι () λαλοῦντός () σου () ἐρεῖ () Ἰδοὺ () πάρειμι. () Ἐὰν () ἀφέλῃς () ἀπὸ () σοῦ () σύνδεσμον () καὶ () χειροτονίαν καὶ () ῥῆμα () γογγυσμοῦ ()
[10] καὶ () δῷς () πεινῶντι () τὸν () ἄρτον () ἐκ () ψυχῆς () σου () καὶ () ψυχὴν () τεταπεινωμένην () ἐμπλήσῃς, τότε () ἀνατελεῖ () ἐν () τῷ () σκότει () τὸ () φῶς () σου, () καὶ () τὸ () σκότος () σου () ὡς () μεσημβρία. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἔσται () ὁ () θεός () σου () μετὰ () σοῦ () διὰ () παντός· () καὶ () ἐμπλησθήσῃ καθάπερ () ἐπιθυμεῖ () ἡ () ψυχή () σου, () καὶ () τὰ () ὀστᾶ σου () πιανθήσεται, καὶ () ἔσῃ () ὡς () κῆπος () μεθύων () καὶ () ὡς () πηγὴ () ἣν () μὴ () ἐξέλιπεν () ὕδωρ, () καὶ () τὰ () ὀστᾶ σου () ὡς () βοτάνη () ἀνατελεῖ () καὶ () πιανθήσεται, καὶ () κληρονομήσουσι () γενεὰς () γενεῶν. ()
[12] Καὶ () οἰκοδομηθήσονταί () σου () αἱ () ἔρημοι () αἰώνιοι, () καὶ () ἔσται () σου () τὰ () θεμέλια () αἰώνια () γενεῶν () γενεαῖς· () καὶ () κληθήσῃ () Οἰκοδόμος φραγμῶν, () καὶ () τοὺς () τρίβους () τοὺς () ἀνὰ () μέσον () παύσεις.
[13] Ἐὰν () ἀποστρέψῃς () τὸν () πόδα () σου () ἀπὸ () τῶν () σαββάτων () τοῦ () μὴ () ποιεῖν () τὰ () θελήματά () σου () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () ἁγίᾳ () καὶ () καλέσεις () τὰ () σάββατα () τρυφερά, ἅγια () τῷ () θεῷ () σου, () οὐκ () ἀρεῖς () τὸν () πόδα () σου () ἐπ’ () ἔργῳ () οὐδὲ () λαλήσεις () λόγον () ἐν () ὀργῇ () ἐκ () τοῦ () στόματός () σου, ()
[14] καὶ () ἔσῃ () πεποιθὼς () ἐπὶ () κύριον, () καὶ () ἀναβιβάσει () σε () ἐπὶ () τὰ () ἀγαθὰ () τῆς () γῆς () καὶ () ψωμιεῖ () σε () τὴν () κληρονομίαν () Ιακωβ () τοῦ () πατρός () σου· () τὸ () γὰρ () στόμα () κυρίου () ἐλάλησεν () ταῦτα. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.