Isaiah 58:4
“Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate,.... Brawling with their servants for not doing work enough; or quarrelling with…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate - This is a third characteristic of their manner of fasting, and a third reason…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Ye fast for strife and debate - How often is this the case! A whole nation are called to fast to implore God's blessing…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 58:3-7
Here we have, I. The displeasure which these hypocrites conceived against God for not accepting the services which they…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
ye fast for strife and contention (R.V.)] The fasting made them as irritable as Arabs in the month of Ramadan; it…
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