Isaiah 58:6

[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?

Is not this the fast {H6685} that I have chosen {H977}? to loose {H6605} the bands {H2784} of wickedness {H7562}, to undo {H5425} the heavy {H4133} burdens {H92}, and to let the oppressed {H7533} go {H7971} free {H2670}, and that ye break {H5423} every yoke {H4133}?

"Here is the sort of fast I want - releasing those unjustly bound, untying the thongs of the yoke, letting the oppressed go free, breaking every yoke,

Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

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Cross-References

  • Nehemiah 5:10 (20 votes)

    I likewise, [and] my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

  • Nehemiah 5:12 (20 votes)

    Then said they, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

  • Isaiah 58:9 (15 votes)

    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;

  • Jeremiah 34:8 (12 votes)

    ¶ [This is] the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which [were] at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

  • Jeremiah 34:11 (12 votes)

    But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

  • 1 Timothy 6:1 (8 votes)

    ¶ Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not blasphemed.

  • Micah 3:2 (3 votes)

    Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;