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15 Hate evil and love good,
    and establish justice at the gate.
It may then be that the Lord God of Hosts will be gracious
    to the remnant of Joseph.

16 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Hosts, the Lord:

Wailing will be in all the squares,
    and in all the streets they will say, “Alas! Alas!”
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
    and to wailing those skilled in lamentation.
17 In all vineyards there shall be wailing,
    for I will pass through you,
    says the Lord.

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15 Hate evil,(A) love good;(B)
    maintain justice in the courts.(C)
Perhaps(D) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(E)
    on the remnant(F) of Joseph.

16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:

“There will be wailing(G) in all the streets(H)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(I) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing(J) in all the vineyards,
    for I will pass through(K) your midst,”
says the Lord.(L)

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