Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Que nous sert de jeûner, si tu ne le vois pas? De mortifier notre âme, si tu n'y as point égard? -Voici, le jour de votre jeûne, vous vous livrez à vos penchants, Et vous traitez durement tous vos mercenaires.
KJV
Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Eucherius of Lyon
Certain Homilies
u have not noticed? And He responds: Because on the days of your fasts, your own desires are found. (Isaiah 58:3) We see that through the disobedience of souls, their works are not regarded, their fasts are not heard, and their vows are not accepted. Therefore, let us more dilige…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
no means is it lawful to fight on holy days. Objection 2: Further, certain persons are reproached ( Is. 58:3 ) because on fast-days they exacted what was owing to them, were guilty of strife, and of smiting with the fist. Much more, therefore, is it unlawful to fight on holy days…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
every act of virtue is acceptable to God. But fasting is not always acceptable to God, according to Is. 58:3, "Why have we fasted and Thou hast not regarded?" Therefore fasting is not an act of virtue. Objection 2: Further, no act of virtue forsakes the mean of virtue. Now fastin…
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