Verse 16
Amos 5:16
English Revised Version
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Therefore thus saith the LORD, the God (Elohim) of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לָ֠/כֵן כֹּֽה אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י צְבָאוֹת֙ אֲדֹנָ֔/י בְּ/כָל רְחֹב֣וֹת מִסְפֵּ֔ד וּ/בְ/כָל חוּצ֖וֹת יֹאמְר֣וּ הוֹ ה֑וֹ וְ/קָרְא֤וּ אִכָּר֙ אֶל אֵ֔בֶל וּ/מִסְפֵּ֖ד אֶל י֥וֹדְעֵי נֶֽהִי
English Translation
Therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, my Lord: In all streets there shall be lamentations, and in all squares they shall say, "Alas, alas!" and they shall call the farmers to mourning and skillful mourners to wailing.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
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3
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4
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
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Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour...
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Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth;
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seek him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and m...
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that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.
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10
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11
Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built...
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12
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins; ye that afflict the j...
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13
Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18
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19
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20
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21
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22
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24
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25
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26
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