Amos 5:16

Christian Standard Bible

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

There will be wailing in all the public squares;^(A)
they will cry out in anguish^[a] in all the streets.
The farmer will be called on to mourn,^(B)
and professional mourners^[b]^(C) to wail.

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Footnotes

5:16 Lit will say, “Alas! Alas!”
5:16 Lit and those skilled in lamentation

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