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15Hate evil, and love good, || And set up judgment in the gate, || It may be YHWH, God of Hosts, pities the remnant of Joseph.
16Therefore, thus said YHWH, God of Hosts, the Lord: “Lamentation is in all broad places, || And in all out-places they say, Oh! Oh! And called the farmer to mourning, || And the skillful of wailing to lamentation.
17And in all vineyards [is] lamentation, || For I pass into your midst,” said YHWH.
18Behold, you who are desiring the Day of YHWH, || Why [is] this to you—the Day of YHWH? It is darkness, and not light,
19As [when] one flees from the face of the lion, || And the bear has met him, || And he has come into the house, || And has leaned his hand on the wall, || And the serpent has bitten him.
20Is not the Day of YHWH darkness and not light, || Even thick darkness that has no brightness?
21“I have hated—I have loathed your festivals, || And I am not refreshed by your restraints.