5 Is this the fast that I have chosen?A day for a man to humble his soul?Is it to bow down his head like a reed,and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself?Will you call this a fast,and an acceptable day to the Lord?
6 “Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen:to release the bonds of wickedness,to undo the straps of the yoke,to let the oppressed go free,and that you break every yoke?
7 Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry,and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house?When you see the naked,that you cover him;and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 Then your light will break out as the morning,and your healing will appear quickly;then your righteousness shall go before you;and the Lord’s glory will be your rear guard.
9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;you will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’“If you take away from among you the yoke,finger pointing,and speaking wickedly;
10 and if you pour out your soul to the hungry,and satisfy the afflicted soul:then your light will rise in darkness,and your obscurity will be as the noonday;
11 and the Lord will guide you continually,and satisfy your soul in dry places,and make your bones strong;and you shall be like a watered garden,and like a spring of water,whose waters don’t fail.