...acceptable day lo th LORD? 6 In not this the fast that I have chosen to loose the hands of wickedness, lo but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places : whosoever woul ? 7 It it not to deal thy bread to the hungry and that thou bring the poor that are cast oul to thy...

...vengeance of the Almighty ! for we are expressly required even in that very remonstrance of Isaiah to " undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free." Let us also remember the remarkable testimony of the ancient bishops of Ireland, at the council of...

...of his law, reminds them that what he required was that they should " loose the bands of wickedness, undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke." (Isa. Iviii. 6.) Now unless we go upon the principle, that the Mosaic code is palpably...

...the fist of wickedness ; ye shall not fast, as ye do this day, to make your voice be-heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a...burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye bieak every yoke ?' The Prophet proceeds in lofty and sublime strains to describe what blessings shall...

...sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? 23 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands...the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? 24 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy...

...Sabbaths ought to be kept, Is. Iviii. 6, &c. " Is not this the fast which I have chosen ? to loose tin • bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and...the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke, &c If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking...

...from the description of the prophet : " Is not this the fast that I have chosen i to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let...the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ?" The exercises here specified, as going to the constitution of a religious fast, are moral, and of...

...God. — Is not this the fast that 1 have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the hehvy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free ; and that ye break every yoke ?" Isaiah Iviii. 2 — 6. " Think ntit to s:iy within yourselves, We have Abraham to our Father. Now...

...sake, because it is an oath ;" concluding with these words, " ' This is the fast the Lord requires, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free.' " Being near the time of an appointed fast as I remember. Pursuant to the king's promise of pardon,...

...fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ? Is not this the fast that I have chosen, saith the Lord ; to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy...the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ?" So this fast that the Lord requires, u not to lay yokes, to oppress, and lay heavy burdens, and...