3 [They say], Why have we fasted, and You do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and You take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and crush all your laborers.
4 Behold, you fast for strife and debate, and to strike with the fist of wickedness; you shall not fast as [you do] today, to make your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? [Is it] to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast and a day pleasing to the LORD?
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 ones go free, and that you break every yoke?