Isaiah 58:3-6

New King James Version

“In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
And ^[a]exploit all your laborers.
^4 (C)Indeed you fast for strife and debate,
And to strike with the fist of wickedness.
You will not fast as you do this day,
To make your voice heard on high.
⁵ Is ^(D)it a fast that I have chosen,
^(E)A day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And ^(F)to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Would you call this a fast,
And an acceptable day to the Lord?

⁶ “Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To ^(G)loose the bonds of wickedness,
^(H)To undo the ^[b]heavy burdens,
^(I)To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?