Amos 5:15-17

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¹⁵Hate evil and love goodness.
Bring justice back into the courts.
Maybe then the Lord God All-Powerful
will be kind to the survivors from Joseph’s family.

A Time of Great Sadness Is Coming

¹⁶The Lord, the Lord God All-Powerful says,
“People will be crying in the public places.
    They will be crying in the streets.
    They will hire the professional criers.^[a]
¹⁷People will be crying in the vineyards,
    because I will pass through and punish you.”
    This is what the Lord said.

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Footnotes

Amos 5:16 professional criers People who went to funerals and cried loudly for the dead. Families and friends of the dead person often gave food or money to these people.