17 There will be wailing in all the vineyards,(A)
for I will pass among you.(B)
The Lord has spoken.

The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long for the Day of the Lord!(C)
What will the Day of the Lord be for you?
It will be darkness and not light.(D)
19 It will be like a man who flees from a lion(E)
only to have a bear confront him.
He goes home and rests his hand against the wall
only to have a snake bite him.

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