18  Woe to you who desire the ^hday of the Lord!

Why would you have the day of the Lord?

ⁱIt is darkness, and not light,

19  ^jas 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.

20  Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,

and gloom with no brightness in it?

21  ^k“I hate, I despise your feasts,

and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

22  Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,

^lI will not accept them;

and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,

I will not look upon them.

23  Take away from me the noise of your songs;

to the melody of your harps I will not listen.

24  But let ^mjustice roll down like waters,

and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.