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15 Hate evil and love good,
    and let justice prevail at the city gate.
Then it is possible that the Lord, the God of hosts,
    will show mercy to the remnant of Joseph.[a]

16 The Countryside Is Devastated. Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of hosts, the Almighty, has to say:

In every public square there will be lamentation;
    in every street they will cry out, “Alas! Alas!”
They will summon the farmers to wail,
    and the professional mourners to lament.
17 There will be wailing in every vineyard,
    for I will pass through your midst,
    says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:15 The remnant of Joseph: the northern kingdom in its already decimated state.