The Israelites suggested that Jehovah owed them something in return for their fasting, as if by fasting, they were doing God a favor.
اسرائیلیان فکر می‌کردند که با روزه گرفتن ،‏ خدا به آن‌ها مدیون است و در قبال آن می‌باید به آن‌ها لطفی کند .‏