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 break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
The people failed to do works of righteousness; they failed to love their neighbor, and yet they thought they could impress the Almighty by fasting. Fasting is important, and should not be neglected. But the greatest of these…
