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Why have we fasted, [say they], and you don`t see? [why] have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wherefore have we fasted - They had fasted much, evidently with the expectation of delivering themselves from impending calamities …
19th Century
Anglican
Wherefore have we fasted ... —The words remind us of those of a much later prophet (Malachi 3:14), but the co…
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
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 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Why have we fasted, say they, and you do not see ? &c.] Our fasting; take no notice of it; expresses no approbation of it…
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
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