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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 58:5

This was not the type of fasting God approved (cf. Isaiah 1:11; Psalms 51:16-17; Luke 18:9-14). It consisted only in His people bowing their heads, not their hearts. Bowing the head like a reed expresses formal worship, like a reed automatically bending in response to wind. The people sat in sackcloth and ashes, but they did not really mourn over their disobedience to the Lord. They thought their outward fasting, bowing, dressing, and adorning were more important than their attitudes and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 58:6

The type of fasting that pleases God is: giving up wickedness, oppression, enslavement, and binding of other people-not just food. Isaiah did not mean, of course, that God had no concern about His people going without food (cf. Leviticus 16:31). The prophet was going to the opposite extreme to make a point (cf. Isaiah 1:10-20; Amos 5:25-27; Micah 6:6-8; Luke 14:26)."If they want to deprive themselves, let them do it for the sake of the oppressed, the needy, and the helpless, not for the sake of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 58:6-14

True worship 58:6-14Isaiah contrasted God’s conception of fasting with that of His people (cf. Matthew 6:16-18). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 58:7

Likewise, helping the poor is more important than helping oneself. Feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, and clothing the naked are more important to God than living well oneself. What is the point of fasting if we do not give what we would eat to others? Self-denial should be for others, not for oneself (cf. Matthew 25:35; Luke 3:11; Luke 10:31-32; Hebrews 13:2)."No religious observance has value for Jehovah that is not supported by a godly, law-abiding life, and compassion towards those... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 58:1-14

2. Did righteousness] i.e. kept the law. They are ready enough for the external requirements of religion. 3. The questions express surprise that the fast is without effect.Find pleasure, etc.] render, ’carry on business and oppress all your labourers.’ With all their professions of self-denial they are selfish.4. For strife] i.e. strife is the result of this formal fasting. Ye shall not, etc.] RV ’ye fast not this day so as to make your voice,’ etc.5-7. Literal fasting is not here excluded, but... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 58:1-24

The Glorious Future of the Jewish RaceThis concluding group of chapters is chiefly distinguished by glowing pictures of the future of Jerusalem, when the Jews shall be restored to their land again. A glorious restoration is promised (Isaiah 60:1-2; Isaiah 61:4, Isaiah 61:10-11), all nations are tobe members of the restored city (Isaiah 60:3-5), the glories of which are vividly pictured (Isaiah 60:6), the crowning glory being the holiness of the citizens (Isaiah 60:21). The fulfilment of the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 58:5

(5) A day for a man to afflict his soul.—The phrase comes from Leviticus 16:29, and describes the soul-sorrow which was the true ideal of fasting. In contrast with this we have the picture, reminding us of Matthew 6:16, of the mechanical prostrations, which are as the waving of a bulrush in the breeze. The image suggests a new aspect of our Lord’s statement, that the Baptist was not as “a reed shaken by the wind” (Matthew 11:7), scil., that his fasting was not outward and ceremonial, like that... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 58:6

(6) To loose the bands of wickedness.—The words do not exclude abstinence from food as an act of discipline and victory over self-indulgence, but declare its insufficiency by itself. So in the practice of the ancient Church fasting and almsgiving were closely connected, as indeed they are in Matthew 6:1; Matthew 6:16. The history of the emancipation of the slaves and of their subsequent return to bondage presents a curious illustration of the prophet’s words (Jeremiah 34:8-22). The truth which... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 58:7

(7) To deal thy bread.—Literally, to break bread, as in the familiar phrase of the New Testament (Matthew 26:26; Acts 20:11; Acts 27:34). The bread of the Jews seems to have been made always in the thin oval cakes, which were naturally broken rather than cut.The poor that are cast out.—The words include all forms of homelessness—tenants evicted by their landlords, debtors by their creditors, slaves fleeing from their masters’ cruelty, the persecuted for righteousness’ sake, perhaps even... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 58:1-14

The Dangers of Fasting (Ash Wednesday) Isaiah 58:1 There are two classes of people to whom Lent brings no blessing those who do not keep it at all, and those who, while they observe it with outward formalities and even with strictness, yet do not keep it in the spirit of true penitence. I. What a strange picture is here drawn! a nation seemingly most religious, not only fulfilling the ordinances of religion, but delighting in them, and yet absolutely without spiritual life. This character is... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 58:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 58:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 58:6-14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 58:7

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 58:1-14

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 58:1-24

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 58:5

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 58:6

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 58:7

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 58:1-14

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