3 Wherefore have we Fasted and thou hast not seen? Humbled our soul, and thou wouldst take no note? Lo! in the day of your fast, ye take pleasure, But all your toilers, ye drive on!

4 Lo! for strife and contention, ye fast, And to smite with the fist of lawlessness,Ye shall not fast as to-day, To cause to be heard on high your voice!

5 Like this, shall the fast be that I choose, A day for the son of earth to humble his soul? Is it to bow down as a rush his head, And sackcloth and ashes, to spread out? Is it, this, thou wilt call a fast, Or a day of acceptance with Yahweh?

6 Is not, this, the fast that I must ever chooseTo unbind the tight cords of lawlessness, To unloose the bands of the yoke,and To let the crushed go free, and That every yoke, ye tear off?