17. And in all of the vineyards there will be wailing, because I will pass in your midst,” says Yahweh.
18. Alas, those who desire the day of Yahweh, why is this for you the day of Yahweh? It will be darkness and not light!
19. It will be as if a man fled from a lion and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall and a snake bit him.
20. Is not the day of Yahweh darkness and not light, and pitch dark with no brightness in it?
21. “I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your assemblies.
22. Yes, even if you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them, and I will not look at the fellowship offerings of your fattened animals.
23. Remove from me the noise of your songs, and I do not want to hear the melody of your harps!
24. But let justice roll on like the water, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
25. Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings those forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?
26. And you will take up Sikkuth, your king, and Kaiwan, your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves.