Isaiah 58:6

bands. pangs. See note on Psalms 73:4.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? - Fasting is right and proper; but that which God approves will prompt to, and will be followed by, deed...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. Is not this the fast which I have chosen? The Prophet shows what are the real duties of piety, and what God chiefly recommends to us; nam...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2. Did righteousness ] i.e. kept the law. They are ready enough for the external requirements of religion.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now commence the last division of the book, which deals with the program of peace as it sets forth the conditions, describes the ultimate realizat...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe how possible it is to have a fondness for ordinances, but to be void of a spirit of grace in them. Outward observances are easily followed; b...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? Or approve , as before, Isaiah 58:5 . Or ought not such a fast to be accompanied with such things as the...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Charge against the People. B. C. 706. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? or, approve , as before, Isaiah 58:5 : or, Ought not such a fast to be accompanied with such things as...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 58:3-7 I. The Hebrew prophet's deliverance here is not in condemnation or disparagement of all fasting. The people of his day were in the h...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 58:6-7 This passage is one of those in which the purity and holiness peculiar to the Gospel seem to be foretokened in the morality of the p...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 58:1-2 . Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins....
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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Sharp Reproof of Hypocrisy
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to release the oppressed laborers, to undo the heavy burdens, which thes...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:1 ; Jeremiah 34:8-11 ; Micah 3:2-4 ; Nehemiah 5:10-12
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The bands — The cruel obligations of usury and oppression.

⁶ Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavyd burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 58:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 58:6