Isaiah 58:5
Douay-Rheims
Is this such a fast as I have chosen: for a man to afflict his soul for a day? is this it, to wind his head about like a circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?
George Leo Haydock
Circle. They affected extreme debility, Matthew vi. 16. (Calmet) — Ashes. These external marks of penance are not condemned, but the want of corresponding sentiments. (Haydock) — Protestants would hence infer that fasting from flesh is not requisite, or a religious worship. But St. Jerome shews the contrary, provided it be joined with the observance of other commandments, as the saints and Christ himself have shewn us. (Worthington)
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1849 · Isaias 58:5
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.