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 as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Est-ce là le jeûne auquel je prends plaisir, Un jour où l'homme humilie son âme? Courber la tête comme un jonc, Et se coucher sur le sac et la cendre, Est-ce là ce que tu appelleras un jeûne, Un jour agréable à l'Eternel?
KJV
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 as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ers; Coll. ii, 2), is not the chief object of commendation in a religious order; and it is written ( Is. 58:5 ): "Is this such a fast as I have chosen, for a man to afflict his soul for a day?" Nevertheless it is adopted in religious life as being necessary for taming the flesh,…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 172 (Migne)
va vel in veteri lege deliquit, deleatur. Annus est Christus, ut dicitur: Annus acceptabilis Domino (Isa. LVIII, 5) . Menses sunt duodecim apostoli, ut dicitur: [Col. 1158C] Benedices coronae anni benignitatis tuae (Psal. LXIV, 12) . Solis cursus per annum, reditus lunae post me…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 182 (Migne)
untates et voluptates propriae inveniuntur in eis? Non tale est jejunium quod elegi, dicit Dominus (Isa. LVIII, 5) . Claude fenestras, obsera aditus, [Col. 0839C] foramina obstrue diligenter; et sic demum non subeuntibus novis, sordes poteris expurgare vetustas. Aestimat homo f…
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