Isaías 58

3 They say, ‘We have ◄fasted/abstained from eating food► to please you,

but you did not [RHQ] notice our doing that.

We humbled ourselves,

but you did not [RHQ] pay any attention!’

I will tell you why I did not pay attention.

It is because when you fast,

you do it only to please yourselves,

and you act cruelly toward all your workers.

4 You fast, but you also quarrel and fight with each other with your fists.

Doing things like that while you fast will certainly not cause me to hear your prayers where I am, high in heaven.

5 You act as though [IRO] you humble yourselves [RHQ] by bowing your heads

like [SIM] the tops of reeds bend when the wind blows,

and you wear [RHQ] rough clothes and cover your heads with ashes like people do when they are grieving.

That is what you do when you are fasting,

but do you really think [RHQ] that will please me?

6 No, that is not the kind of fasting that I desire.

What I really want [RHQ] is for you to free those who have been unjustly put in prison [DOU],

and to encourage those who are ◄treated cruelly/oppressed►;

I want you to free those who have been oppressed in any way.