Isaiah 58:3
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 58
“Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.”Isaiah 58:3
What Does Isaiah 58:3 Mean?
Isaiah 58:3 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 58, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 58:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 6:16“Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.”Malachi 3:14“Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?”Luke 18:9“And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:”Ezra 8:21“Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.”Proverbs 28:9“He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.”Leviticus 16:29“And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:”Matthew 20:11“And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,”James 1:7“For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.”Exodus 2:23“And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.”Numbers 29:7“And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:”Nehemiah 5:7“Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.”Psalms 35:13“But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.”Isaiah 58:5“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 ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?”Daniel 10:2“In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.”Jonah 3:6“For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.”Malachi 2:14“Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.”Matthew 18:28“But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.”1 Timothy 4:8“For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.”Exodus 21:20“And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.”Leviticus 16:31“It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.”
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