Is it such a fast that I have chosen? – Is this such a mode of fasting as I have appointed and as I approve?

A day fo…

A day for a man to afflict his soul. —The phrase comes from Leviticus 16:29, and describes the soul-sorrow which was the …

To make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head a…

Is it such a fast as I have chosen? He confirms the preceding statement and shows that fasting is neither desired nor approved by God in i…

Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? &c.] That is, can this be thought to be a fast approved of by me, and acceptable t…

A fast is a day to afflict the soul; if it does not expre true sorrow for sin, and does not promote the putting away of sin, it is not a fast. Thes…

1. Cry, do not cease. Here he excludes a usele remedy by which they wished to prepare themselves for salvation.

2. Firs…