Isaiah 58:6

Easy To Read Version

“I will tell you the kind of special day I want—a day to make people free. I want a day that you take the burdens off people. I want a day when you make the troubled people free. I want a day when you take the burdens from their shoulders.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11

My father loaded you with a heavy burden. But I will make that burden heavier. My father punished you with whips. But I will punish you with whips that have sharp metal tips.’”

2 Chronicles 28:11

Now listen to me. Send back your brothers and sisters that you captured. Do this because the Lord’s terrible anger is against you.”

Proverbs 24:11

If people are planning to kill a person, then you must try to save him.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good things. Be fair with other people. Punish the people that hurt others. Help the children that have no parents. Help the women whose husbands are dead.”

Isaiah 33:15

Good, honest people that refuse to hurt others for money—\{they will live through that fire\}. Those people refuse to take bribes. They refuse to listen to plans to murder other people. They refuse to look at plans for doing bad things.

Isaiah 55:7

Evil people should stop living evil lives.\par They should stop thinking bad thoughts.\par They should come to the Lord again.\par Then the Lord will comfort them.\par Those people should come to the Lord\par because our God forgives.\par

Isaiah 58:9

Then you will call to the Lord, and the Lord will answer you. You will shout to the Lord, and he will say, “Here I am.”

Jeremiah 22:3

The Lord says: Do the things that are fair and right. Protect the person that has been robbed from the person that robbed him. Don’t hurt or do anything wrong to orphans {\cf2\super [171]} or widows. {\cf2\super [172]} Don’t kill innocent people.

Jeremiah 50:33

The Lord All-Powerful says:\par “The people of Israel and Judah are slaves.\par The enemy took them,\par and the enemy will not let Israel go.\par

Daniel 4:27

So, king, please accept my advice. I advise you to stop sinning and do what is right. Stop doing bad things. And be kind to poor people. Then you might continue to be successful.”

Leviticus 6:5

whatever he made a false promise about. He must pay the full price. And then he must pay an extra fifth of {the value of} the thing. He must give the money to the true owner. He must do this on the day he {brings} his guilt offering.

Jonah 3:8

But every person and every animal must be covered with a special cloth \{to show he is sad\}. People must cry loudly to God. Every person must change his life and stop doing bad things.

Zechariah 7:9

The Lord All-Powerful said these things.\par “You must do what is right and fair.\par You must be kind and merciful to each other.\par

Acts 8:23

I see that you are full of bitter jealousy and ruled by sin.”

1 Timothy 6:1

All people who are slaves should show full respect to their masters. When they do that, then God’s name and our teaching will not be criticized.