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Isaiah 58:4

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ye fast: 1 Kings 21:9-13; Proverbs 21:27; Matthew 6:16, Matthew 23:14; Luke 20:47; John 18:28

and to smite: Acts 23:1-2; Philippians 1:14-15

shall not fast as ye do this day: or, fast not as this day, to make. Joel 2:13-14; Jonah 3:7; Matthew 6:16-18

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