Isaiah 28:22

28:22 So now, do not mock,

or your chains will become heavier!

For I have heard a message about decreed destruction,

from the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, against the entire land.

Isaiah 58:6

58:6 No, this is the kind of fast I want.

I want you to remove the sinful chains,

to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke,

to set free the oppressed,

and to break every burdensome yoke.


tn Or “the whole earth” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NCV).

tn Heb “Is this not a fast I choose?” “No” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

tn The words “I want you” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

tn Heb “crushed.”