Amos 5:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ ·Try to do [Seek] good, not evil,
    so that you will live,
and the Lord God ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] will be with you
    just as you ·say [claim] he is.
¹⁵ Hate evil and love good;
    ·be fair in the courts [^Lestablish justice in the gate; v. 10].
Maybe the Lord God ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] will ·be kind to [have mercy on; be gracious to] the ·people of Joseph who are left alive [remnant of Joseph; ^Ca reference to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh (Joseph’s sons), representing the northern kingdom].
¹⁶ This is what the Lord, the Lord God ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts], says:
“People will be ·crying [wailing] in all the streets;
    they will be saying, ‘Oh, no!’ in the public places.
They will call the farmers to ·come and weep [mourning]
    and ·will pay people [^Lthose who know lamentation; ^Cprofessional mourners paid to weep] to ·cry out loud [wail] for them.