¹⁸ Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord!
to what end is it for you?
the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
¹⁹ As if a man did flee from a lion,
and a bear met him;
or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
²⁰ Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light?
even very dark, and no brightness in it?

²¹ I hate, I despise your feast days,
and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
²² Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings,
I will not accept them:
neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
²³ Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs;
for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
²⁴ But let judgment run down as waters,
and righteousness as a mighty stream.