- Who is told to constantly send forth the message?
- What is the plaint of the Israelites (Isaiah 58:3)?
- And, what is the answer (Isaiah 58:4)? When, in the current annual liturgy, does Isaiah 58 appear as a haftarah?
- What is the purport of Isaiah 58:5 in terms of externals and internals in observance?
- What does the prophet indicate is the “true fast” that is the preference of Divinity?
- How do Isaiah 58:6-7 indicate a social justice proclivity of the most basic nature?
- And if, indeed, justice is provided to those who need it, what does Isaiah 58:8 predict as the result?
- How does Isaiah 58:9 affirm this yet further?
- But, in addition, there is the matter of personal social justice as reflected in the need to observe the Sabbath. In what verses does this appear?
- In sum, if this pattern will obtain, what does Isaiah 58:14 predict as the yield?
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