"Takeawayfrom Me the noiseof your songs;I will not even listento the soundof your harps.
"Eventhoughyou offerup to Me burntofferingsand your grain offerings,I will not accept[them]; And I will not [even] lookat the peaceofferingsof your fatlings.
"But let justicerolldownlike watersAnd righteousnesslike an ever-flowingstream.
Who improviseto the soundof the harp,[And] like Davidhave composedsongsfor themselves,
"Then I will turnyour festivalsinto mourningAnd allyour songsinto lamentation;And I will bringsackclothon everyone'sloinsAnd baldnesson everyhead.And I will makeit like [a time of] mourningfor an onlyson,And the endof it will be like a bitterday.
"The songsof the palacewill turnto wailingin that day,"declaresthe LordGOD."Many[will be] the corpses;in everyplacethey will castthem forth in silence."
