The "second half" of the book of Isaiah, chapters 40-66, has an emphasis on offering comfort to Israelites in exile. There are prophecies of the Messiah and the messianic era, looking ahead to the coming of a new Exodus and the restoration of Israel in the Promised Land.
The main focus in these chapters is not correction and rebuke, but these features are still present. Isaiah foresees that Israelites returning from exile will still be clinging to some syncretism (e.g., chapters 57 and 58). In Isaiah 58:3, people are pictured fasting in order to gain God's favor. This is an attitude from paganism, where religious practice is about trying to manipulate the gods.
Isaiah also makes clear that God invites his people to come to him in repentance. Isaiah 57:14-21 pictures a highway on which the humble and contrite can return to God. Instead of fasting to try to influence God, Isaiah says that worshipers should show "fruits meet for repentance" by helping the needy (Isa 58:5-6).
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