16. Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, the Lord, In all broad places [is] lamentation, And in all out-places they say, `Alas, alas,' And called the husbandman to mourning, And to lamentation the skilful of wailing.
17. And in all vineyards [is] lamentation, For I pass into thy midst, said Jehovah.
18. Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why [is] this to you--the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,