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15 Hate evil, love good,
    and establish justice in the courts.
    It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

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

“Wailing will be in all the wide ways;
    and they will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’
    and they will call the farmer to mourning,
    and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
17 In all vineyards there will be wailing;
    for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh.

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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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