Amos:5:18-27

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* Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD ! For what good is the day of the LORD to you ? It will be darkness , and not light . * It will be as though a man fled from a lion , And a bear met him ! Or as though he went into the house , Leaned his hand on the wall , And a serpent bit him ! * Is not the day of the LORD darkness , and not light ? Is it not very dark , with no brightness in it ? * "I hate , I despise your feast days , And I do not savor your sacred assemblies . * Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings , I will not accept them , Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings . * Take away from Me the noise of your songs , For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments . * But let justice run down like water , And righteousness like a mighty stream . * "Did you offer Me sacrifices and offerings In the wilderness forty years , O house of Israel ? * You also carried Sikkuth your king And Chiun , your idols , The star of your gods , Which you made for yourselves . * Therefore I will send you into captivity beyond Damascus ," Says the LORD , whose name is the God of hosts .

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