Isaiah 58:1

True Fasts and Sabbaths · Isaiah 58:1–14
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Translations

Modern
“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Traditional
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Literal
“Call out from the throat, do not hold back! Like a shofar lift up your voice, and declare to My people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Latin
Clama, ne cesses, quasi tuba exalta vocem tuam, et annuntia populo meo scelera eorum, et domui Jacob peccata eorum.

Original

Hebrew
English
“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Notes

This is a charge against religious Israelites who were pleased with themselves because of their religious activities.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Fast, Fasting Isaiah, Book of Jubilee Year New Creation, New Creature

Topics

Affections of the Wicked, not Sincerely Set on God Christian Minister: Duties of Healing the Nation Holy Boldness: Ministers should Exhibit, in Reproving Sin Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Foretells Calamities to Judah Ministers: should Preach with Boldness National Sins: Ministers should Testify Against Reproof: Ministers should Give: Unreservedly Standing Up The Affections of the Wicked, not Sincerely Set on God Trumpet: Sounding of, Illustrative of The Bold and Faithful Preaching of Ministers