response reading 72. isaiah 58.
PRES: "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke,
CONG: to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
PRES: Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter--
CONG: when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
PRES: Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear;
CONG: then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
PRES: Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;
CONG: you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
PRES: "If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
CONG: and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
PRES: then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
CONG: The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.