Isaiah 58:3
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.Isaiah 58:3 in the real world
In what words
- צוּםtsûwmto cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
- נָגַשׂnâgasto drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrann
- צוֹםtsôwma fast
- חֵפֶץchêphetspleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a
- עָנָהʻânâhto depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications,
- מָצָאmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or ac
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
- יָדַעyâdaʻto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figurativel
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Luk 18:9–12, Mal 3:14, Pro 28:9, Lev 16:29, Mat 20:11–12, Neh 5:7, Jon 3:6–8, Zec 7:5–7