[5:18] Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light,
[5:19] as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him.
[5:20] Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?
[5:21] “I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
[5:22] Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I will not look upon them.
[5:23] Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen.
[5:24] But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
[5:25] “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
[5:26] You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves,
[5:27] and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.