16. This is what the Lord, the Lord God All-Powerful, says:“People will be crying in all the streets;they will be saying, ‘Oh, no!’ in the public places.They will call the farmers to come and weepand will pay people to cry out loud for them.
17. People will be crying in all the vineyards,because I will pass among you to punish you,” says the Lord.
18. How terrible it will be for you who wantthe Lord’s day of judging to come.Why do you want that day to come?It will bring darkness for you, not light.
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.