19  By the sweat of your face

you shall eat bread,

till you return to the ground,

for out of it you were taken;

^ofor you are dust,

and ^pto dust you shall return.”

5  ^hIs such the fast that I choose,

ⁱa day for a person to humble himself?

Is it to bow down his head like a reed,

and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?

Will you call this a fast,

and a day acceptable to the Lord?

6  “Is not this the fast that I choose:

^jto loose the bonds of wickedness,

to undo the straps ^kof the yoke,

to let the oppressed¹ go free,

and to break every yoke?

7  Is it not ^lto share your bread with the hungry

and bring the homeless poor into your house;

when you see the naked, to cover him,

^mand not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

8  ⁿThen shall your light break forth like the dawn,

^oand your healing shall spring up speedily;

^pyour righteousness shall go before you;

^qthe glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

9  Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;

you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’

If you take away ^rthe yoke from your midst,

^sthe pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,

10  ^tif you pour yourself out for the hungry

and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,

ⁿthen shall your light rise in the darkness

and your gloom be as the noonday.