afflict = fast. See Isa_58:3, Isa_58:5, Isa_58:10.
souls. Hebrew. nephesh.App-13.
do no work at all. Hebrew "no manner of work". This legal expression occurs five times (App-10) in the Pentateuch, but is differently rendered. See Lev_23:3, Lev_23:28, Lev_23:31. Num_29:7. Work on the Sabbath day incurred stoning: on this day, excommunication.