Isaiah 58:5

Conservative English Version

Do you think the LORD wants you to give up eating and to act as humble as a bent-over bush? Or to dress in sackcloth and sit in ashes? Is this really what he wants on a day of worship?

Cross References

2 Kings 6:30

The king tore off his clothes in sorrow, and since he was on top of the city wall, the people saw that he was wearing sackcloth underneath.

2 Chronicles 20:3

Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he asked the LORD what to do. He then told the people of Judah to go without eating to show their sorrow.

Ezra 10:6

Then Ezra left God's temple and went to spend the night in the living quarters of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He felt sorry for what the people had done, and he did not eat or drink a thing.

Ezra 8:21

Beside the Ahava River, I asked the people to go without eating and to pray. We humbled ourselves and asked God to bring us and our children safely to Jerusalem with all of our possessions.

Esther 4:16

"Bring together all the Jews in Susa and tell them to go without eating for my sake! Don't eat or drink for three days and nights. My servant girls and I will do the same. Then I will go in to see the king, even if it means I must die."

Esther 4:3

In every province where the king's orders were read, the Jews cried and mourned, and they went without eating. Many of them even put on sackcloth and sat in ashes.

Job 2:8

Then Job sat on the ash-heap to show his sorrow. And while he was scraping his sores with a broken piece of pottery,

Psalm 69:13

But I pray to you, LORD. So when the time is right, answer me and help me with your wonderful love.

Isaiah 49:8

This is what the LORD says: I will answer your prayers because I have set a time when I will help by coming to save you. I have chosen you to take my promise of hope to other nations. You will rebuild the country from its ruins, then people will come and settle there.

Isaiah 58:3

You wonder why the LORD pays no attention when you go without eating and act humble. But on those same days that you give up eating, you think only of yourselves and abuse your workers.

Isaiah 61:2

This is the year when the LORD God will show kindness to us and punish our enemies. The LORD has sent me to comfort those who mourn,

Leviticus 16:29

On the tenth day of the seventh month of each year, you must go without eating to show sorrow for your sins, and no one, including foreigners who live among you, is allowed to work.

Leviticus 16:31

and from now on, it must be celebrated each year. Go without eating and make this a day of complete rest just like the Sabbath.

Zechariah 7:5

(SEE 7:4)

Matthew 6:16

When you go without eating, don't try to look gloomy as those show-offs do when they go without eating. I can assure you that they already have their reward.

Luke 4:19

and to say, 'This is the year the Lord has chosen.' "

Romans 12:2

Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.

1 Peter 2:5

And now you are living stones that are being used to build a spiritual house. You are also a group of holy priests, and with the help of Jesus Christ you will offer sacrifices that please God.