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True Fasting is Active Love
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse redefines a true fast. It is not simply about abstaining from food but about active, practical charity. Scholars like Spurgeon and Matthew Henry explain that God desires self-denial that leads to giving to others. A fast without sharing food, providing shelter, and clothing the needy is considered empty and hypocritical.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 58:7
18th Century
Theologian
Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry? - The word rendered ‘deal’ (פרס pâras), means to divide, to distribute. The id…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 58:7
19th Century
Bishop
To deal thy bread. —Literally, to break bread, as in the familiar phrase of the New Testament (Matthew 26:26;…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 58:7
19th Century
Preacher
Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 58:7
16th Century
Theologian
Is it not to break your bread to the hungry? He goes on to describe the duties of love for our neighbor, which he had described briefly in…
John Gill
On Isaiah 58:7
17th Century
Pastor
Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry ?
&c.] Or "to break"
And that you bring the poor…
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…