31 It is a sabbath+ of complete rest* for YOU, and YOU must afflict YOUR souls. It is a statute to time indefinite.

27 And it came about that as soon as Aʹhab heard these words, he proceeded to rip his garments apart and to put sackcloth+ upon his flesh; and he went on a fast and kept lying down in sackcloth and walking despondently.+

3 “‘For what reason did we fast and you did not see,+ and did we afflict our soul+ and you would take no note?’+

“Indeed YOU people were finding delight in the very day of YOUR fasting, when there were all YOUR toilers that YOU kept driving to work.+