[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?
KJV
Hebrew original
הֲ/ל֣וֹא זֶה֮ צ֣וֹם אֶבְחָרֵ/הוּ֒ פַּתֵּ֨חַ֙ חַרְצֻבּ֣וֹת רֶ֔שַׁע הַתֵּ֖ר אֲגֻדּ֣וֹת מוֹטָ֑ה וְ/שַׁלַּ֤ח רְצוּצִים֙ חָפְשִׁ֔ים וְ/כָל מוֹטָ֖ה תְּנַתֵּֽקוּ
Louis Segond 1910
Voici le jeûne auquel je prends plaisir: Détache les chaînes de la méchanceté, Dénoue les liens de la servitude, Renvoie libres les opprimés, Et que l'on rompe toute espèce de joug;
KJV
[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?
John of Ephesus
Ecclesiastical History
against murderers”: The phrase “the fetters of iniquity” (ܩܛ̣ܪ̈ܐ ܕܥ̣ܘܠܐ) may draw on the language of Isaiah 58:6 where the same sequence of words appears in the Peshitta version. As stated in 3.1.5-8.b, the comparison of the treatment the bishops received in prison to that of mur…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 99 (Migne)
subvenire oppresso, [Col. 0281C] praestare auxilium desolato, disrumpere colligationes impietatis (Isa. LVIII, 6) ; vel quaecunque praeceptorum tuorum documenta declarant, diligenter credere et audire, ardenter investigare, prudenter scire, festinanter exercere, desideranter imp…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 101 (Migne)
am credat sufficere posse, cum per prophetam Dominus dicat: Nonne hoc est magis jejunium quod elegi (Isa. LVIII, 6) . Subjiciens: Frange esurienti panem tuum, et egenos vagosque induc in domum tuam: cum videris nudum, operi eum, et carnem tuam ne despexeris (Ibid. v. 7) . Illud e…
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