1 GLT “Cry out from the throat; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet, and confront my people{ with} their rebellion, and the house of Jacob{ with} their sins. BSB BSB: “Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 GLT Yet they seek me day{ by} day and delight in the knowledge of my ways, like a nation that practiced righteousness and the ordinances of its God did not abandon. They ask me for judgments of righteousness; they take pleasure in the approach of God. BSB BSB: For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
3 GLT ‘Why have we fasted, and you do not see? We humbled ourselves, and you do not notice?’“Behold, on the day of your fast you find pleasure and oppress all your laborers. BSB BSB: “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
4 GLT Behold, you fast to quarrel and fight, and to hit with a fist of wickedness; you do not fast today to make your voice heard above. BSB BSB: You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.
5 GLT Will{ one} like this be the fast I choose? A day a man inflicts his soul, to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this a fast, and a day of Yahweh’ s pleasure? BSB BSB: Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
6 GLT { Is} not this the fast I choose: to loosen wicked bonds, to undo the ropes of the yoke, and to set the crushed ones free, and to break every yoke? BSB BSB: Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
7 GLT { Is it} not to distribute your bread to the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house?” When you see one naked, then clothe him, and your flesh do not ignore. BSB BSB: Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 GLT Then your light will break like the dawn and your healing quickly sprout up and your righteousness will go before your face. The glory of Yahweh will be your rearguard. BSB BSB: Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
9 GLT Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer; cry out, and he will say,‘Here I{ am}.’“If you take away from among you the yoke, the pointing finger, and the speech of wickedness, BSB BSB: Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
10 GLT and provide for the hungry your life and satisfy the appetite of the afflicted, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your darkness{ will be} like the noonday. BSB BSB: and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
11 GLT Then Yahweh will lead you continually and satisfy your appetite in the desert, and your bones he will strengthen, and will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters never fail. BSB BSB: The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
12 GLT And{ some} of you will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will raise up the foundations of generation upon generation, and you will be called The Repairer of the Wall, The Restorer of Streets to Live On. BSB BSB: Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
13 GLT “If you turn back your feet on the Sabbath,{ from} doing your pleasure on my holy{ day}, and call the Sabbath a delight, holy of Yahweh, honored, and honor it,{ keeping} from doing your ways, finding your pleasure, and speaking speech, BSB BSB: If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
14 GLT “then you will delight in Yahweh, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; and I will feed you the inheritance of Jacob your father,” for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken. BSB BSB: then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
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