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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Shout it aloud, do not hold back.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="content">Raise your voice like a trumpet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="content">Declare to my people their rebellion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="content">and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.58.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For day after day they seek me out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">they seem eager to know my ways,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">as if they were a nation that does what is right</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">and has not forsaken the commands of its God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">They ask me for just decisions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">and seem eager for God to come near them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.58.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8216;Why have we fasted,&#8217; they say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">&#8216;and you have not seen it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">Why have we humbled ourselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">and you have not noticed?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">and exploit all your workers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.58.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="content">and in striking each other with wicked fists.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="content">You cannot fast as you do today</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="content">and expect your voice to be heard on high.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.58.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">only a day for people to humble themselves?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">Is it only for bowing one&#8217;s head like a reed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">Is that what you call a fast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">a day acceptable to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.58.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">to loose the chains of injustice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">and untie the cords of the yoke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">to set the oppressed free</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">and break every yoke?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Is it not to share your food with the hungry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">when you see the naked, to clothe them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then your light will break forth like the dawn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">and your healing will quickly appear;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">then your righteousness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">58:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">your righteous One</span></span></span><span class="content"> will go before you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">and the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be your rear guard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then you will call, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">&#8220;If you do away with the yoke of oppression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">with the pointing finger and malicious talk,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">then your light will rise in the darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">and your night will become like the noonday.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will guide you always;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">and will strengthen your frame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">You will be like a well-watered garden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">like a spring whose waters never fail.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">and will raise up the age-old foundations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">and from doing as you please on my holy day,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">if you call the Sabbath a delight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s holy day honorable,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">and if you honor it by not going your own way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.58.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.58.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">then you will find your joy in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.58.14"><span class="content">and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.58.14"><span class="content">and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.58.14"><span class="content">The mouth of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div>
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Daily Bible Reading— October 2024, God’s Guiding Word: Justice and PeaceSample

October 21

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