Cryaloud, sparenot, lift upthy voicelike a trumpet, and showmy peopletheir transgression, and the houseof Jacobtheir sins. Yet they seekme daily, and delightto knowmy ways, as a nationthatdidrighteousness, and forsooknotthe ordinanceof their God: they askof me the ordinancesof justice; they take delightin approachingto God. Whereforehave we fasted, say they , and thou seestnot? wherefore have we afflictedour soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the dayof your fastye findpleasure, and exactallyour labors. Behold, ye fastfor strifeand debate, and to smitewith the fistof wickedness: ye shall notfastas ye do this day, to make your voiceto be heardon high. Isit sucha fastthat I have chosen? a dayfor a manto afflicthis soul? is it to bow downhis headas a bulrush, and to spreadsackclothand ashes under him ? wilt thou callthisa fast, and an acceptabledayto the LORD? Is notthisthe fastthat I have chosen? to loosethe bandsof wickedness, to undothe heavyburdens, and to let the oppressedgofree, and that ye breakeveryyoke? Is it notto dealthy breadto the hungry, and that thou bringthe poorthat are cast outto thy house? whenthou seestthe naked, that thou coverhim; and that thou hide not thyselffrom thine own flesh? Thenshall thy lightbreak forthas the morning, and thine healthshall spring forthspeedily: and thy righteousnessshall gobeforethee; the gloryof the LORDshall be thy rearward. Thenshalt thou call, and the LORDshall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, HereI am . Ifthou take awayfrom the midstof thee the yoke, the putting forthof the finger, and speakingvanity; And if thou draw outthy soulto the hungry, and satisfythe afflictedsoul; then shall thy lightrisein obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: And the LORDshall guidethee continually, and satisfythy soulin drought, and make fatthy bones: and thou shalt belike a wateredgarden, and like a springof water, whosewatersfailnot. And they that shall be ofthee shall buildthe oldwaste places: thou shalt raise upthe foundationsof many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairerof the breach, The restorerof pathsto dwellin. Ifthou turn awaythy footfrom the sabbath, from doingthy pleasureon my holyday; and callthe sabbatha delight, the holyof the LORD, honorable; and shalt honorhim, not doingthine own ways, nor findingthine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Thenshalt thou delight thyselfinthe LORD; and I will cause thee to rideuponthe high placesof the earth, and feedthee with the heritageof Jacobthy father: forthe mouthof the LORDhath spoken it .