ʻIsaia 58:3
ʻOku nau pehē, ‘Ko e hā kuo mau ʻaukai, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ke ʻafioʻi? Ko e hā kuo mau fakamamahi ai homau laumālie, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ke tokangaʻi?’ “Vakai ʻi he ʻaho ʻo hoʻomou ʻaukai ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻae fiemālie, pea pule ke fai hoʻomou ngāue kotoa pē.This verse 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
+2 more words in this verse
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