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Isaiah 58:4

You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.

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ASV

Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

KJV

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.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֵ֣ןhenthere!H2005 →
לְרִ֤יבle.Rivfor strifeH7379 →
וּמַצָּה֙u.ma.Tzahand contentionH4683 →
תָּצ֔וּמוּta.Tzu.muyou fastH6684 →
וּלְהַכּ֖וֹתu.le.ha.Kotand to strikeH5221 →
בְּאֶגְרֹ֣ףbe.'eg.Rofwith a fist ofH106 →
רֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'wickednessH7562 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
תָצ֣וּמוּta.Tzu.muyou fastH6684 →
כַיּ֔וֹםkhai.Yomlike <the> this dayH3117 →
לְהַשְׁמִ֥יעַle.hash.Mi.a'to make heardH8085 →
בַּמָּר֖וֹםba.ma.Romin the height[s]H4791 →
קוֹלְכֶֽם׃kol.Khemvoice yourH6963 →

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1 Kings 21:12They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.1 Kings 21:9–13In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.Matthew 6:16–18When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.Isaiah 40:9Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”2 Samuel 15:7After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.Joel 2:13–14So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.Acts 23:1–2Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”John 18:28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.Philippians 1:14–15And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.Luke 20:47They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”Isaiah 59:6Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.Jonah 3:7Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.1 Kings 21:9In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.1 Timothy 6:4he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,Isaiah 3:15Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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