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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 58:5

Is it such a fast that I have chosen , etc.? Do you suppose that such can be the fast commanded by me in the Law—a fast which is expressly called "a day for a man to afflict his soul"? Is afflicting one's soul simply bowing down one's head as a bulrush, and making one's couch on sackcloth and ashes? Surely it is much more than this. (On the employment of "sackcloth and ashes" in fasting, see Esther 4:3 ; Daniel 9:3 ; Jonah 3:6 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 58:6

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? This passage, as Dr. Kay observes, "stands like a homily for the Day of Atonement." Such homilies are found in the uninspired Jewish writings, and are conceived very much in the same spirit. The Jews call the true fast "the fasting of the heart." To loose the bands of wickedness. To set free those whom wicked persons have wrongfully imprisoned or entangled. To undo the heavy burdens ; literally, to untie the thongs of the yoke. The liberation of a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 58:6

A religious fast. "Is not this the fast that I have chosen?" Which? The contrast is seen in the inclusive words from the fourth to the ninth verses. God does not delight in outwardness. The mere mannerism of religion, or the head bowed as a bulrush, with sackcloth and ashes beneath, is hateful to the Most High. I. FASTING IS TO BE REALLY RELIGIOUS . It is to "loose the bands of wickedness"—to free one's own soul from the last shackles of lust and selfishness, and to aid in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 58:6-7

God's idea of fasting. It should be noticed, as giving special point to this reference to fasting, that, besides the regular fasts of the Jewish religion, there were, during the Captivity in Babylon, special fasts appointed as days of repentance and prayer for Israel. God complains that these fasts did not say to him exactly what those who fasted intended them to say, because he looked at the whole conduct of the men to see if it was in harmony with the fasting. The important principle is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 58:7

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry? In the early Christian Church almsgiving was connected with fasting by law . It was also accepted as a moral axiom that "fasting and alms were the wings of prayer." Cast out; or, homeless ἀστέγους LXX .). That thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh. Their "flesh" were not merely their near kindred, but their countrymen generally (see Nehemiah 5:5 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 58:5

Is it such a fast that I have chosen? - Is this such a mode of fasting as I have appointed and as I approve?A day for a man to afflict his soul? - Margin, ‘To afflict his soul for a day.’ The reading in the text is the more correct; and the idea is, that the pain and inconvenience experienced by the abstinence from food was not the end in view in fasting. This seems to have been the mistake which they made, that they supposed there was something meritorious in the very pain incurred by such... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 58:6

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? - Fasting is right and proper; but that which God approves will prompt to, and will be followed by, deeds of justice, kindness, charity. The prophet proceeds to specify very particularly what God required, and when the observance of seasons of fasting would be acceptable to him.To loose the bands of wickedness - This is the first thing to be done in order that their fasting might be acceptable to the Lord. The idea is, that they were to dissolve every... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 58:7

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry? - The word renderd ‘deal’ (פרס pâras), means to divide, to distribute. The idea is, that we are to apportion among the poor that which will be needful for their support, as a father does to his children. This is everywhere enjoined in the Bible, and was especially regarded among the Orientals as an indispensable duty of religion. Thus Job Job 31:16-22 beautifully speaks of his own practice:If I have witheld the poor from his desire,Or have caused the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 58:4-5

Isaiah 58:4-5. Behold, ye fast for strife Your fasting days, wherein you ought, in a special manner, to implore the mercy of God, and to show compassion to men, you employ in injuring or quarrelling with your brethren, your servants, or debtors, or in contriving mischief against them. Or the meaning is, that “their fasting increased their self-preference, and excited them to fierce controversies or bitter resentments.” And to smite with the fist of wickedness It was “the cloak of, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 58:6

Isaiah 58:6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen? Or approve, as before, Isaiah 58:5. Or ought not such a fast to be accompanied with such things as these? He now proceeds to show the concomitants of a true fast; namely, to exercise works of justice and charity. To loose the bands of wickedness Namely, the cruel obligations of usury and oppression. To undo the heavy burdens Hebrew, the bundles of the yoke, as in the margin; by which may possibly be intended bundles of writings,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 58:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 58:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 58:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 58:6-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 58:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 58:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 58:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 58:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 58:4-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 58:6

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