17 And in all the vineyards there will be wailing. For I will cross through your midst, says the Lord.
18 Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord. What is it to you? The day of the Lord is this: darkness and not light.
19 It is as if a man flees from the face of a lion, only to have a bear meet him; or, he enters a house and leans with his hand against the wall, only to have a snake bite him.
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?
21 I hate and have rejected your feasts; and I will not accept the odor from your gatherings.
22 For if you offer me holocausts and your gifts, I will not receive them; and I will not look upon the vows of your fatness.
23 Take away from me the tumult of your songs, and I will not listen to the canticles of your lyre.