Isaiah 58:5 KJV
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Matthew Henry
- A counterfeit and a true fast, with promises to real godliness, andA fast is a day to afflict the soul; if it does not express true sorrow for sin, and does not promote the putting away of sin, it is not a fast. These...
Thompson Chains
- Formalism (2)See the chain from 1 Samuel 15:22 · 8 links
- BulrushesLast of 5 links
- SackclothSee the chain from Genesis 37:34 · 11 links
Cross References
- Zechariah 7:5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
- Leviticus 16:29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
- Job 2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
- Isaiah 49:8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
- Isaiah 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
- Daniel 9:3–19 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: …
- 1 Kings 21:27–29 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. …
- 2 Kings 6:30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
- 2 Chronicles 20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
- Ezra 10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
- Nehemiah 9:1–2 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. …
- Esther 4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
- Esther 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
- Psalms 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
- Isaiah 58:3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
- Jonah 3:5–8 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. …
- Luke 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
- Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
- 1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Strong’s Numbers
- Is it such a fast צוֹם tsôwm
- that I have chosen בָּחַר bâchar
- a day יוֹם yôwm
- for a man אָדָם ʼâdâm
- to afflict עָנָה ʻânâh
- his soul נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
- to bow down כָּפַף kâphaph
- his head רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
- as a bulrush אַגְמוֹן ʼagmôwn
- and to spread יַצַע yatsaʻ
- sackcloth שַׂק saq
- and ashes אֵפֶר ʼêpher
- wilt thou call קָרָא qârâʼ
- this זֶה zeh
- a fast צוֹם tsôwm
- and an acceptable רָצוֹן râtsôwn
- day יוֹם yôwm
- to the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
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