14 You say that God is with you, so you should do good things, not evil. Then you will live, and the Lord God All-Powerful will be with you.
15 Hate evil and love goodness. Bring justice back into the courts. Maybe then the Lord God All-Powerful will be kind to the survivors from Joseph’s family.
16 The Lord, the Lord God All-Powerful says, “People will be crying in the public places. They will be crying in the streets. They will hire the professional criers.
17 People will be crying in the vineyards, because I will pass through and punish you.” This is what the Lord said.
18 Some of you want to see the Lord’S special day of judgment. Why do you want to see that day of the Lord? His special day will bring darkness, not light.
19 You will be like someone who escapes from a lion only to be attacked by a bear, or like someone who goes into the safety of his house, leans against the wall, and is bitten by a snake.
20 The Lord’S special day will be a day of darkness, not light—a day of gloom, without a ray of light.