19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion,And a bear met him!Or as though he went into the house,Leaned his hand on the wall,And a serpent bit him!
20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light?Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
21 “I hate, I despise your feast days,And I do not savor your sacred assemblies.
22 Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,I will not accept them,Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.
23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs,For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
24 But let justice run down like water,And righteousness like a mighty stream.
25 “Did you offer Me sacrifices and offeringsIn the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?