Isaiah 58:1-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Shout out; do not hold back!    Lift up your voice like a trumpet!Announce to my people their rebellion,    to the house of Jacob their sins. 2  Yet day after day they seek me    and delight to know my ways,as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness    and did not forsake the ordinance of their God;they ask of me righteous judgments;    they want God on their side. [ a ]3  “Why do we fast, but you do not s

Jonah 4:1-11 4  But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry.  2  He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to Tarshish at the beginning, for I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from punishment.  3  And now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”  4  And the Lord said, “