1 Cry out full-throated and unsparingly,lift up your voice like a trumpet blast;Proclaim to my people their transgression,to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 They seek me day after day,and desire to know my ways,Like a nation that has done what is justand not abandoned the judgment of their God;They ask of me just judgments,they desire to draw near to God.
3 “Why do we fast, but you do not see it?afflict ourselves, but you take no note?”See, on your fast day you carry out your own pursuits,and drive all your laborers.
4 See, you fast only to quarrel and fightand to strike with a wicked fist!Do not fast as you do todayto make your voice heard on high!