15 Hate evil and love good;(A)
establish justice at the city gate.(B)
Perhaps the Lord, the God of Armies, will be gracious(C)
to the remnant of Joseph.(D)

16 Therefore the Lord, the God of Armies, the Lord, says:

There will be wailing in all the public squares;(E)
they will cry out in anguish[a] in all the streets.
The farmer will be called on to mourn,(F)
and professional mourners[b](G) to wail.
17 There will be wailing in all the vineyards,(H)
for I will pass among you.(I)
The Lord has spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:16 Lit will say, “Alas! Alas!”
  2. 5:16 Lit and those skilled in lamentation

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