Study Desk

-"Is it a fast like this that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it for bowing ^(F1)one's head like a reed And for spreading out ^(C1)sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an ^(C2)acceptable day to the LORD?

-"Is this not the fast that I choose: To ^(C1)release the bonds of wickedness, To undo the ropes of the yoke, And to ^(C2)let the oppressed go free, And ^(C3)break every yoke?

-"Is it not to ^(C1)break your bread ^(F1)with the hungry And ^(C2)bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the ^(C3)naked, to cover him; And not to ^(C4)hide yourself from your own flesh?

-"Then your ^(C1)light will break out like the dawn, And your ^(C2)recovery will spring up quickly; And your ^(C3)righteousness will go before you; The glory of the ^(C4)LORD will be your rear guard.

-"Then you will ^(C1)call, and the LORD will answer; You will cry for help, and He will say, 'Here I am.' If you ^(C2)remove the yoke from your midst, The ^(F1)(C3)pointing of the finger and ^(C4)speaking wickedness,