Isaiah 58:2-9
Day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them. Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high...Share your food with the hungry, provide the poor wanderer with shelter. When you see the naked, clothe him, and do not turn away from your own flesh and blood.
[If you do these things] then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here I am.
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