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15 Hate evil and love good.
    Do what is fair in the courts.
Perhaps the Lord God who rules over all
    will have mercy on you.
After all, you are the only ones left
    in the family line of Joseph.

16 The Lord God rules over all. The Lord says,

“People will weep in all the streets.
    They will be very sad in every market place.
Even farmers will be told to cry loudly.
    People will mourn for the dead.
17 Workers will cry in all the vineyards.
    That’s because I will 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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