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True Fasting is Action
Commentators agree that God is not condemning fasting itself, but a fasting that is merely an outward show. The fast God desires is one that moves beyond personal piety and results in tangible acts of justice and love. As John Calvin notes, these actions are the 'fruits' that prove the sincerity of our hearts and our fear of God. True worship must translate into how we treat others.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 58:6
18th Century
Theologian
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? — Fasting is right and proper; but that which God approves will prompt, and will be follow…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 58:6
19th Century
Bishop
To loose the bands of wickedness. —The words do not exclude abstinence from food as an act of discipline and victory over self-ind…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 58:5–6
19th Century
Preacher
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 as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 58:6
16th Century
Theologian
Is not this the fast which I have chosen? The Prophet shows what the real duties of piety are, and what God chiefly recommends to us: name…
John Gill
On Isaiah 58:6
17th Century
Pastor
Is not this the fast that I have chosen ?
&c.] Which God has appointed, he approves of, and is well pleasing in his …
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…