19. It will be like someone who runs from a lionand meets a bear,or like someone who goes into his houseand puts his hand on the wall,and then is bitten by a snake.
20. So the Lord’s day of judging will bring darkness, not light;it will be very dark, not light at all.
21. The Lord says, “I hate and reject your feasts;I cannot stand your religious meetings.
22. If you offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings,I won’t accept them.You bring your best fellowship offerings of fattened cattle,but I will ignore them.
23. Take the noise of your songs away from me!I won’t listen to the music of your harps.
24. But let justice flow like a river,and let goodness flow like a never-ending stream.