Isa 58:3-4 | Geneva | STEP | {c} Why have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [why] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find {d} pleasure, and exact all your labours. (c) He sets forth the malice and disdain of the hypocrites, who grudge against God, if their works are not accepted. (d) Thus he convinces the hypocrites by the second table and by their duty toward their neighbour, that they have neither faith nor religion.

Isaiah 58:3-4

{c} Why have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [why] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find {d} pleasure, and exact all your labours.

(c) He sets forth the malice and disdain of the hypocrites, who grudge against God, if their works are not accepted. (d) Thus he convinces the hypocrites by the second table and by their duty toward their neighbour, that they have neither faith nor religion. Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as [ye do this] day, to make your voice to be {e} heard on high.

(e) So long as you use contention and oppression, your fasting and prayers will not be heard.