(Joel 1) Turn toward the light

Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty. Is not the food cut off before our eyes, Joy and gladness from the house of our God?

The wages of sin is death.  Idolatry is compensated with destruction.  God does not delight in these things. Death and destruction should cause us to repent, to turn away from sin and idolatry, and turn toward the light, the life, and the joy of obedience.