Amos 5:14-16

Modern English Version

¹⁴ Seek good and not evil,
    so that you may live;
then the Lord, the God of Hosts, will truly be with you,
    as you claim.
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.

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.