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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?

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ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲכָזֶ֗הha.kha.Zeh¿ like thisH2088 →
יִֽהְיֶה֙yih.Yehis itH1961 →
צ֣וֹםTzom[the] fastH6685 →
אֶבְחָרֵ֔הוּ'ev.cha.Re.hu[which] I choose itH977 →
י֛וֹםYoma dayH3117 →
עַנּ֥וֹתa.Notto humbleH6031 →
אָדָ֖ם'a.DamanyoneH120 →
נַפְשׁ֑וֹnaf.Shoself hisH5315 →
הֲלָכֹ֨ףha.la.Khof¿ to bend downH3721 →
כְּאַגְמֹ֜ןke.'ag.Monlike a bulrushH100 →
רֹאשׁ֗וֹro.Shohead hisH7218 →
וְשַׂ֤קve.Sakand sackclothH8242 →
וָאֵ֙פֶר֙va.'E.ferand ash[es]H665 →
יַצִּ֔יעַya.Tzi.a'he spreads as a bedH3331 →
הֲלָזֶה֙ha.la.Zeh¿ <the> <to> thisH2088 →
תִּקְרָא־tik.ra'-do you callH7121 →
צ֔וֹםTzoma fastH6685 →
וְי֥וֹםve.Yomand a day ofH3117 →
רָצ֖וֹןra.TzonacceptanceH7522 →
לַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →

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Daniel 9:3–19So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.Zechariah 7:5“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?Isaiah 49:8This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,Leviticus 23:27“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.Isaiah 61:2to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,Esther 4:16“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.Ezra 8:21And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.Ephesians 5:10Test and prove what pleases the Lord.Leviticus 16:29This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—2 Chronicles 20:3Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.Luke 4:19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”Psalms 69:13But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.Psalms 35:13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.Esther 4:3In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.Job 2:8And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.Nehemiah 9:1–2On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.1 Kings 21:27–29When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.

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