Yesaya 22:12

Konteks

22:12 At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning,

for shaved heads and sackcloth.¹

Yesaya 58:3-5

Konteks

58:3 They lament,² ‘Why don’t you notice when we fast?

Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’

Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires,³

you oppress your workers.⁴

58:4 Look, your fasting is accompanied by⁵ arguments, brawls,

and fistfights.⁶

Do not fast as you do today,

trying to make your voice heard in heaven.

58:5 Is this really the kind of fasting I want?⁷

Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves,⁸

bowing their heads like a reed

and stretching out⁹ on sackcloth and ashes?

Is this really what you call a fast,

a day that is pleasing to the Lord?

[22:12] ¹tn Heb “for baldness and the wearing of sackcloth.” See the note at 15:2.

[58:3] ²tn The words “they lament” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[58:3] ³tn Heb “you find pleasure”; NASB “you find your desire.”

[58:3] ⁴tn Or perhaps, “debtors.” See HALOT 865 s.v. * עָצֵב.

[58:4] ⁵tn Heb “you fast for” (so NASB); NRSV “you fast only to quarrel.”

[58:4] ⁶tn Heb “and for striking with a sinful fist.”

[58:5] ⁷tn Heb “choose” (so NASB, NRSV); NAB “wish.”

[58:5] ⁸tn Heb “a day when man humbles himself.” The words “Do I want” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[58:5] ⁹tn Or “making [their] bed.”