Isaiah 58:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

Young's Literal Translation
Is not this the fast that I chose—To loose the bands of wickedness, To shake off the burdens of the yoke, And to send out the oppressed free, And every yoke ye draw off?

King James Bible
[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Hebrew
Is not
הֲל֣וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

the
זֶה֮ (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

fast
צ֣וֹם (ṣō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6685: Fasting, a fast

I have chosen
אֶבְחָרֵהוּ֒ (’eḇ·ḥā·rê·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 977: To try, select

to break
פַּתֵּ֙חַ֙ (pat·tê·aḥ)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

the chains
חַרְצֻבּ֣וֹת (ḥar·ṣub·bō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 2784: Bond, fetter, pang

of wickedness,
רֶ֔שַׁע (re·ša‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7562: Wickedness

to untie
הַתֵּ֖ר (hat·têr)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 5425: To jump, be violently agitated, to terrify, shake off, untie

the cords
אֲגֻדּ֣וֹת (’ă·ḡud·dō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 92: A band, bundle, knot, arch

of the yoke,
מוֹטָ֑ה (mō·w·ṭāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4133: A pole, an ox-bow, a yoke

to set
וְשַׁלַּ֤ח (wə·šal·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

the oppressed
רְצוּצִים֙ (rə·ṣū·ṣîm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's 7533: To crack in pieces

free,
חָפְשִׁ֔ים (ḥā·p̄ə·šîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2670: Exempt

and tear off
תְּנַתֵּֽקוּ׃ (tə·nat·tê·qū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5423: To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off

every
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

yoke?
מוֹטָ֖ה (mō·w·ṭāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4133: A pole, an ox-bow, a yoke

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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