18. How terrible it will be for you who long for the day of the Lord! What good will that day do you? For you it will be a day of darkness and not of light.
19. It will be like someone who runs from a lion and meets a bear! Or like someone who comes home and puts his hand on the wall — only to be bitten by a snake!
20. The day of the Lord will bring darkness and not light; it will be a day of gloom, without any brightness.
21. The Lord says, “I hate your religious festivals; I cannot stand them!