Isaias

17 For the iniquity of his gain was I wroth, and smote him I hid myself and was ’wroth, and he wenton perversely in the way of his heart.

18 I have seen his ways, and I will heal him; and I will lead him, and requite with comfort him and his mourners;

19 Creating fruit of the lips, Peace, peace, to the far off and the near, saith the LORD, and I will heal him.

20 And the wicked are like the stirred up sea; for it cannot. rest, and its waters stir up mire and

21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

LVIII. 1 Cry with the throat, withhold not, raise thy voice like a trumpet, and tell my people their rebellion, and the house of Jacob their sins. ’

2 And (yet) they inquire of me day by day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my, ways; as a nation that hath done righteousness, and not forsaken the judgment of its God; they ask of me the judgments of righteousness; they take pleasure in drawing near to God.

3 Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not? afflited our soul, and thou knowest not? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your tasks.

4 Behold, ye fast for contention and quarrel, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye shall not fast as to-day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

5 Shall such be the fast I will choose? a day of man's afflicting his soul? is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and spread out sackcloth and ashes (as a bed)? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the-LORD?

6 Is not this the fast that I will choose? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to let the crushed go free, and that ye should break every yoke?