Amos 5:16 meaning and explanation
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.
Amos 5:16, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Amos has just called Israel to seek good and hate evil, and now the Lord announces the consequence of refusing that call. The speaker is God through the prophet, addressing the prosperous northern kingdom in the eighth century BC.
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