The ground is cracked
since no rain has fallen on the land.
The farmers are ashamed;(A)
they cover their heads.

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23 With you I will smash the shepherd and his flock;
with you I will smash the farmer and his ox-team.[a]
With you I will smash governors and officials.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:23 Lit yoke

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

There will be wailing in all the public squares;(A)
they will cry out in anguish[a] in all the streets.
The farmer will be called on to mourn,(B)
and professional mourners[b](C) to wail.

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Footnotes

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

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