Isaiah 58:3
Douay-Rheims
Why have we fasted, and thou hast not regarded: have we humbled our souls, and thou hast not taken notice? Behold in the day of your fast your own will is found, and you exact of all your debtors.
Augustine of Hippo
What if your flesh obeys you, and you do not obey God? Aren't you condemned by your own flesh, when it submits to you? Doesn't it bear witness against you, precisely by submitting to you?
Source details
A.D. 430 · on Isa 58:3 (SERMON 400:7)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.