📖 Isaiah — Chapter 58 (KJV)
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Isaiah 58:1 Cry Taloud, Rspare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Isaiah 58:2 Yet Rthey 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.
Isaiah 58:3 Wherefore Rhave 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 Tlabours.
Isaiah 58:4 Behold, Rye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: Tye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
Isaiah 58:5 Is Rit such a fast that I have chosen? Ta 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?
Isaiah 58:6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? Rto loose the bands of wickedness, to undo Tthe heavy burdens, and to let the Toppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Isaiah 58:7 Is it not Rto deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are Tcast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Isaiah 58:8 Then shall Rthy 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 Tbe thy rereward.
Isaiah 58:9 Then Rshalt 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;
Isaiah 58:10 And if Rthou 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:
Isaiah 58:11 And Rthe LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in Tdrought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters Tfail not.
Isaiah 58:12 And they that shall be of thee shall Rbuild 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.
Isaiah 58:13 If thou Rturn 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:
Isaiah 58:14 Then shalt thou Rdelight 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.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 58:1–5 — Fasting without justice is exposed
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The people complain that God has not noticed their fasting, yet their conduct includes exploitation, quarrels, and violence. Outward gestures alone do not make worship acceptable.
Key Truth: Examine conduct alongside religious practice.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Cry ____ , spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, …” (Isaiah 58:1)
Find it in Isaiah 58:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “… they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our ____ , and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day …” (Isaiah 58:3)
Find it in Isaiah 58:3 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Is it ____ a fast that I have chosen? a day for a …” (Isaiah 58:5)
Find it in Isaiah 58:5 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 58:6–10 — The chosen fast loosens burdens
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The Lord calls for freeing the oppressed, feeding the hungry, and sheltering and clothing those in need. Light and answered prayer are associated with removing oppression and helping afflicted neighbors.
Key Truth: Join devotion with practical mercy.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Is not this the ____ that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, …” (Isaiah 58:6)
Find it in Isaiah 58:6 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “… morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy ____ shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall …” (Isaiah 58:8)
Find it in Isaiah 58:8 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “And if thou draw out thy ____ to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall …” (Isaiah 58:10)
Find it in Isaiah 58:10 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 58:11–14 — Restoration, guidance, and Sabbath delight
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The Lord promises guidance and renewal like a watered garden to those living this way. Repairing ruins and honoring the Sabbath express restored communal life and delight in him.
Key Truth: Make room for mercy, restoration, and holy rest.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy ____ in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt …” (Isaiah 58:11)
Find it in Isaiah 58:11 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “… a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt ____ him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own …” (Isaiah 58:13)
Find it in Isaiah 58:13 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “… earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy ____ : for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.” (Isaiah 58:14)
Find it in Isaiah 58:14 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
James 2:16 — Words without practical care leave a neighbor’s need unmet.
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Reflect and Apply
What concrete burden could you help lift this week?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. What undermines the people’s complaint that fasting is unnoticed?
2. What fast does the LORD explicitly choose?
3. How does the chosen response meet physical need?
4. What restored role is assigned to the people?
5. What contrast defines honouring the sabbath here?
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