Isaiah 58:5 (WEB)
Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Fathers and councils · 11
Jerome
“Again, God by the mouth of Isaiah says what fast He did not choose:“In the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and afflict the lowly: ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness.” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 5 sq.
Read the whole comment“Daily Isaiah cries: “Is it such a fast that I have chosen, saith the Lord?” and again: “In the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure, and oppress all your laborers.” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 5.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.14Conference XXI
“Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear: thou shalt cry, and He shall say, Here am I.” You see then that fasting is certainly not considered by the Lord as a thing that is good in its own nature, because it becomes good and well-pleasing to God…” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 3–9.
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Justin Martyr
“…as thy soul desireth, and thy bones shall become fat, and shall be as a watered garden, and as a fountain of water, or as a land where water fails not.’” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 1–12.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…not even if thou shouldest bow down thy neck like a hook, and shouldest strew sackcloth and ashes under thee; neither thus shall ye call the fast acceptable.’” — editor's note: Is. lviii. 5.
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Tertullian
“…authoritatively declared, “Not such a fast hath the Lord elected,” that is, not abstinence from food, but the works of righteousness, which he there appends: and that the Lord Himself in the Gospel has given a compendious answer to every kind of scrupulousness in regard to food; “that not by such things as are…” — editor's note: See Isa. lviii. 3–7.
Read the whole comment“Not such a fast have I elected;” but such an one as He has subjoined, and by subjoining has not abolished, but confirmed.” — editor's note: See Isa. lviii. 3, 4, 5, briefly, and more like the LXX. than the Vulg. or the Eng. ver.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Then shalt thou cry, and God shall hear thee; whilst yet thou art speaking, He shall say, Here I am.”” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 1–9.
Read the whole comment“Then thou shalt cry out, and God shall hear thee; while thou art yet speaking, He shall say, Here I am.”” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 1–9.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…a solemn assembly, and gathering the old men, the children, and those of tender age, we ourselves must further haunt the temple in sackcloth and ashes, prostrated right humbly on the ground, because the field is wasted, and the meat-offering and the drink-offering is cut off from the house of the Lord, till we…” — editor's note: Isa. lviii. 5.
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Gregory the Great
“But break thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the wanderers into thine house (Ibid.” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.14.