17. There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass among you. The Lord has spoken.
18. Woe to you who long for the Day of the Lord! What will the Day of the Lord be for you?It will be darkness and not light.
19. It will be like a man who flees from a lion only to have a bear confront him.He goes home and rests his hand against the wallonly to have a snake bite him.
20. Won’t the Day of the Lordbe darkness rather than light, even gloom without any brightness in it?
21. I hate, I despise your feasts! I can’t stand the stenchof your solemn assemblies.
22. Even if you offer Meyour burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will have no regardfor your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle.
23. Take away from Me the noise of your songs!I will not listen to the music of your harps.