You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. Cross References 1 Kings 21:12 They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people. Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. Isaiah 3:14 The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: "You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses. Isaiah 3:15 Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of Hosts. Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. Isaiah 59:6 Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. Joel 2:12 "Yet even now," declares the LORD, "return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning." Treasury of Scripture Behold, you fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: you shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. ye fast 1 Kings 21:9-13 Proverbs 21:27 Matthew 6:16 and to smite Acts 23:1,2 Philippians 1:14,15 shall not fast as ye do this day. Joel 2:13,14 Jonah 3:7 Matthew 6:16-18 |