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Amos 5:16

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Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

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  1. Amos 5:14

    Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

  2. Amos 5:15

    Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

  3. Amos 5:17

    And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.

  4. Amos 5:18

    Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.