Amos 5:18–27
18 Alas, you who are longing for the aday of the Lord,
For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you?
It will be bdarkness and not light;
19 As when a man aflees from a lion
And a bear meets him,
1Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.
20 Will not the day of the Lord be adarkness instead of light,
Even gloom with no brightness in it?
21 “I hate, I areject your festivals,
Nor do I 1bdelight in your solemn assemblies.
22 “Even though you aoffer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the bpeace 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 ajustice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
25 “1aDid you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?
26 “aYou also carried along 1Sikkuth your king and 2Kiyyun, your images, 3the 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.