Isaiah 58:5

Is this the kind of fast I have chosen?
Is it only a day for a man to go without food?
Is it just for bowing his head like a reed?
Is it for lying on sackcloth and ashes?
Is that what you call a fast?
Is that a day the LORD will accept?

Isaiah 58:5, Readable English Bible (READ)

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