Isaiah 58:3-5

Lexham English Bible

³ ‘Why do we fast, and you do not see it?
    We humiliate our soul, and you do not notice it?’
Look! You find delight on the day of your fast,
    and you oppress all your workers!
⁴ Look! You fast to quarrel and strife,
    and to strike with a wicked fist.^[a]
You shall not fast as you do today,^[b]
    to make your voice heard^[c] on the height.
⁵ Is the fast I choose like this,
    a day for humankind to humiliate himself^[d]?
To bow his head like a reed,
    and make^[e] his bed on sackcloth and ashes;
you call this a fast
    and a day of pleasure to Yahweh?