20. The Lord’S special day will be a day of darkness, not light—a day of gloom, without a ray of light.
21. “I hate your festivals; I will not accept them. I don’t enjoy your religious meetings.
22. Even if you offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. I will not even look at the fat animals you give as fellowship offerings.
23. Take your noisy songs away from here. I will not listen to the music from your harps.
24. But let justice flow like a river, and let goodness flow like a stream that never becomes dry.
25. Israel, you offered me sacrifices and offerings in the desert for 40 years.
26. But you also carried statues of Sakkuth, your king, and Kaiwan. There was also that star god that you made for yourselves.