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Public fasting loses its meaning when the same household drives workers hard and quarrels.
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Isaiah 58:3-5

A fast beside forced labor

The Fast That Repairs the Breach · Isaiah 58

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3Why have we fasted, and you have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you do not notice? Look, on the day of your fast you pursue your own pleasure, and you drive all your laborers hard.

4Look, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with a wicked fist. You are not fasting today to make your voice heard on high.

5Is this the fast that I choose: a day for a man to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the LORD?

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