Biblical Text

Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to let the oppressed go free?
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover them
and not to hide yourself from your own kin?
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up quickly;
your vindicatorshall go before you;
the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.”

The Lord will guide you continually
and satisfy your needs in parched places,
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water

whose waters never fail.
Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
 you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
 the restorer of streets to live in.

If you refrain from trampling the Sabbath,
from pursuing your own interests on my holy day;
if you call the Sabbath a delight
and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
then you shall take delight in the Lord.
I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.