17. There will be wailing in all the vineyards. All this will take place because I am coming to punish you.” The Lord has spoken.
18. How terrible it will be for you who long for the day of the Lord! What good will that day do you? For you it will be a day of darkness and not of light.
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.