Isa 58:3, Jer 14:12 | ESV | STEP | Why have we fasted , and you see it not ? Why have we humbled ourselves , and you take no knowledge of it? Behold , in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure , and oppress all your workers .

d Prov. 1:28; Isa. 1:15; Ezek. 8:18; Mic. 3:4; See ch. 6:20

Isaiah 58:3

3 ^a‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, ^{▼▼Or pursue your own business}
^cand oppress all your workers.

Jeremiah 14:12

12 Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, ^dand though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them ^eby the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”