20. Will not the day of the Lord be darkness instead of light, Even gloom with no brightness in it?
21. "I hate, I reject your festivals, Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.
22. "Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings.
23. "Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.
24. "But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
25. "Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?
26. You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves.
27. Therefore, I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus," says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.