19. It will be like someone who runs from a lion and meets a bear! Or like someone who comes home and puts his hand on the wall — only to be bitten by a snake!
20. The day of the Lord will bring darkness and not light; it will be a day of gloom, without any brightness.
21. The Lord says, “I hate your religious festivals; I cannot stand them!
22. When you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will not accept the animals you have fattened to bring me as offerings.
23. Stop your noisy songs; I do not want to listen to your harps.
24. Instead, let justice flow like a stream, and righteousness like a river that never goes dry.