19. as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20. Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21. I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell a sweet odour in your solemn assemblies.
22. For if ye offer up unto me burnt-offerings and your oblations, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fatted beasts.
23. Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes;
24. but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.
25. Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and oblations in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26. Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye had made to yourselves;
27. and I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.