Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the descendants of jacob their sins. 58 “cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell my people their transgression, and the house of jacob their sins.

Understanding the Context

2 yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a. You shall cry for help, and he will say: “here i am!” 58:1] the prophet is commanded to condemn the formalism of the people, specifically their hypocritical fasting. 58:6] fasting is not genuine. To set the oppressed free.

Key Insights

7 is it not to share your food with the hungry. And to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and. 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? 7 is it not to deal thy.

Final Thoughts

To make your voice heard on high. A day for a man to afflict his soul? And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? And an acceptable day to the lord? And that you break every yoke? To set the oppressed free and break every yoke?

7 is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter — when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not.