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15 Hate evil and love good,
    and establish justice in court—[a]
perhaps the Lord, the God of the Heavenly Armies,
will be gracious to the survivors of Joseph.’”

16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of the Heavenly Armies, the Lord, says:

‘There will be dirges in all of the streets;
        and in all of the highways they will cry out in anguish.[b]
They will call the farmer to mourning
    and those who lament[c] to grieve.
17 And in all of the vineyards there will be mourning
    when I pass through your midst,’
        says the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:15 Lit. in the gates
  2. Amos 5:16 Lit. will say, “Alas! Alas!”
  3. Amos 5:16 I.e. professional mourners