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15 Hate evil and love good;
    be fair in the courts.
Maybe the Lord God All-Powerful will be kind
    to the people of Joseph who are left alive.

16 This is what the Lord, the Lord God All-Powerful, says:

“People will be crying in all the streets;
    they will be saying, ‘Oh, no!’ in the public places.
They will call the farmers to come and weep
    and will pay people to cry out loud for them.
17 People will be crying in all the vineyards,
    because I will pass among you to punish 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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