Why have we fasted, they say, and you see not? why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exploit all your laborers.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Will. This alone suggested their fasts, and they did not show compassion, Ezechiel vii. 2. (Calmet)
Debtors, who are not able to pay. (St. Jerome) (Deuteronomy xxiv. 12.)