Mar 5, 2024
18 Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!
Why do you long for the day of
the Lord?
That day will be darkness, not
light.
19 It will be as though a man fled from a
lion
only to meet a bear,
as though he entered his
house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not
light—
pitch-dark, without a ray of
brightness?
21 “I
hate, I despise your religious festivals;
your assemblies are a stench to
me.
22 Even though you bring me burnt
offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.
Though you bring choice fellowship
offerings,
I will have no regard for them.
23 Away with the noise of your
songs!
I will not listen to the music of your
harps.
24 But let justice roll on like a
river,
righteousness like a never-failing
stream!
25 “Did you bring
me sacrifices and offerings
forty years in the wilderness, people of
Israel?
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your
king,
the pedestal of your idols,
the star of your god[a]—
which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into
exile beyond Damascus,”
says the Lord, whose name is God
Almighty.