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TSK · Leviticus 23:32

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It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

'Why have we fasted,' [say they], 'and you don't see? [why] have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?' "Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.