" [Is] this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke?

"At the end of seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother, who has been sold to him; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you." But your fathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear.

'Then you recently turned and did what was right in My sight -- every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor; and you made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name.

Let brotherly love continue.

Remember the prisoners as if chained with them -- those who are mistreated -- since you yourselves are in the body also.

"Please, let the leaders of our entire assembly stand; and let all those in our cities who have taken pagan wives come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of their cities, until the fierce wrath of our God is turned away from us in this matter."

Blessed [are] the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.

"For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.