Isaiah 58:5
ContextNETBible | Is this really the kind of fasting I want? 1 Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, 2 bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out 3 on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the Lord? |
XREF | Le 16:29; 1Ki 21:27-29; 2Ki 6:30; 2Ch 20:3; Ezr 10:6; Ne 9:1,2; Es 4:3,16; Job 2:8; Ps 69:13; Isa 49:8; Isa 58:3; Isa 61:2; Da 9:3-19; Jon 3:5-8; Zec 7:5; Lu 4:19; Ro 12:2; 1Pe 2:5 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “choose” (so NASB, NRSV); NAB “wish.” 2 tn Heb “a day when man humbles himself.” The words “Do I want” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. 3 tn Or “making [their] bed.” |