Isaiah 58:6

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 58:1-14

Isaiah 58:1 . Cry aloud, spare not; lift up thy voice like a trumpet. It is not doubted by the Jews, nor by St. Jerome, that Isaiah lived to the beginning of Manasseh’s idolatrous reign; nor that he was sawn asunder, while opposing idolatry. Against sins which ruin a nation, the ministers of God must raise their voice, and not keep silence. Isaiah 58:3 . Wherefore have we fasted? The fasts of the Hebrews were many. Zechariah 7:3. The annual fast was on the tenth day of the seventh... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 58:3-7

Isaiah 58:3-7Wherefore have we fasted?--Fasts Fasts were a common feature of the old Israelitish religion (1Ki 21:9; 1 Kings 21:12; Jeremiah 36:9). In Zechariah 8:19 we learn expressly that during the exile four days were observed annually as fasts, in commemoration of dates connected with the fall of Jerusalem. (Prof. S. R. Driver, D. D.)FastingI. CONSIDER IN GENERAL THE DUTY OF FASTING, ITS NATURE, ENDS AND USES. As to the meaning of the word, fasting is only an abstinence from food. Whether... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 58:5-9

Isaiah 58:5-9Is it such a fast that I have chosen?--The fast which God has chosenI. GOD’S PURPOSE IN COMMANDING MEN TO FAST. 1. To lead us to prayer (Isaiah 58:4), prayer so real that our voices are “heard on high,” that God will hear and answer. 2. To aid us in realizing communion with Him (Isaiah 58:9); that His voice be heard by us as truly as ours by Him; our voice to Him (Isaiah 58:8), His to us. 3. To aid in repressing self in all its forms. In John 3:30, we have thegeneral principle,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 58:6-7

Isaiah 58:6-7Is not this the fast that I have chosen?--Practical fastingIn reply to the question, how the acts here mentioned could be described as fasting, J. D. Michaelis says that they are all to be considered as involving acts of conscientious self-denial, which he illustrates by the case of an American slaveholder brought by stress of conscience to emancipate his slaves. (J. A. Alexander.)OppressionPeople may be oppressed in their reputation by unmerited reproaches. (R. Macculloch.)A... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 58:6

Isaiah 58:6 [Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Ver. 6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen? ] There is a threefold fast, from meat, mirth, sin; this last crowns both the former, and yet we say not (as the Papists falsely say we hold) that fasting is no more but a moral temperance, a fasting from sin, a matter of policy. To loose the bands of wickedness, ] ... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 58:6

to loose: Nehemiah 5:10-2 Kings :, Jeremiah 34:8-1 Kings :, Micah 3:2-Numbers : heavy burdens: Heb. bundles of the yoke oppressed: Heb. broken. ye break. 1 Timothy 6:1 Reciprocal: Exodus 1:14 - was with rigour Exodus 2:11 - burdens Leviticus 6:5 - restore Leviticus 25:14 - General Judges 9:7 - Hearken 1 Kings 12:11 - I will add 2 Chronicles 10:11 - I will put 2 Chronicles 28:11 - deliver Nehemiah 5:11 - Restore Nehemiah 10:31 - debt Psalms 80:4 - how long Psalms 103:6 - executeth Proverbs... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 58:6

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?The bands — The cruel obligations of usury and oppression. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 58:5-7

5-7. Is it such a fast That is, the one chosen fast which I have appointed through my servant Moses? Only the fast connected with the day of atonement had been thus duly appointed. With this annual great day of atonement were prescribed many and various ceremonial duties, all having symbolic importance, not needful to be here defined. At various times in the history of Israel other fasts were established, especially from the time of the exile onward. With classes of Jews who affected much... read more

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