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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;
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as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned with his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him.
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Is not the day of the LORD darkness, and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?
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"I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
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Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and cereal offerings, I will not accept them, and the peace offerings of your fatted beasts I will not look upon.
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Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen.
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But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)
