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Alas for you who desire the day of the
Why do you want the day of the
It is darkness, not light;
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as if someone fled from a lion,
and was met by a bear;
or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall,
and was bitten by a snake.
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Is not the day of the
and gloom with no brightness in it?
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I hate, I despise your festivals,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
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Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals
I will not look upon.
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Take away from me the noise of your songs;
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
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But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
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Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
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You shall take up Sakkuth your king, and Kaiwan your star-god, your images, 1 which you made for yourselves;
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therefore I will take you into exile beyond Damascus, says the