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19 In that day you will be as a man who is chased by a lion and is met by a bear, or a man in a dark room who leans against a wall and puts his hand on a snake. 20 Yes, that will be a dark and hopeless day for you.

21 “I hate your show and pretense—your hypocrisy of ‘honoring’ me with your religious feasts and solemn assemblies.

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19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
    only to meet a bear,(A)
as though he entered his house
    and rested his hand on the wall
    only to have a snake bite him.(B)
20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(C) not light—
    pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(D)

21 “I hate,(E) I despise your religious festivals;(F)
    your assemblies(G) are a stench to me.

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