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Religion Isn't a Transaction
The people complained to God, essentially asking, "We performed our religious duties, so why haven't you blessed us?" Commentators explain this reveals a dangerous view of faith: treating rituals like a business transaction to obligate God. True worship stems from a humble heart, not an attempt to purchase divine favor.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 58:3
18th Century
Theologian
Wherefore have we fasted - They had fasted much, evidently with the expectation of delivering themselves from impending calamities …
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 58:3
19th Century
Bishop
Wherefore have we fasted ... —The words remind us of those of a much later prophet (Malachi 3:14), but the co…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 58:3
19th Century
Preacher
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not?
wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge?…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 58:3
16th Century
Theologian
Why have we fasted? He proceeds further with the same subject and says that false and perverse worshippers of God are not only blinded by …
John Gill
On Isaiah 58:3
17th Century
Pastor
Why have we fasted, say they, and you do not see ? &c.] Our fasting; take no notice of it; expresses no approbation of it…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 58:3–12
17th Century
Minister
A fast is a day to afflict the soul; if it does not express true sorrow for sin, and does not promote the putting away of sin, it is not a fast. Th…