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Amos 5:14-16
Modern English Version
Amos 5:14-16
Modern English Version
14 Seek good and not evil,
so that you may live;
then the Lord, the God of Hosts, will truly be with you,
as you claim.
15 Hate evil and love good,
and establish justice at the gate.
It may then be that the Lord God of Hosts will be gracious
to the remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Hosts, the Lord:
Wailing will be in all the squares,
and in all the streets they will say, “Alas! Alas!”
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
and to wailing those skilled in lamentation.
Amos 5:14-16
New International Version
Amos 5:14-16
New International Version
14 Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.(A)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
15 Hate evil,(B) love good;(C)
maintain justice in the courts.(D)
Perhaps(E) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(F)
on the remnant(G) of Joseph.
16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:
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