Also, they are afraid of heights and dangers on the road;
the almond tree blossoms,
the grasshopper loses its spring,[a]
and the caper berry has no effect;
for man is headed to his eternal home,(A)
and mourners will walk around in the street;(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:5 Or grasshopper is weighed down, or grasshopper drags itself along

when people are afraid of heights
    and of dangers in the streets;
when the almond tree blossoms
    and the grasshopper drags itself along
    and desire no longer is stirred.
Then people go to their eternal home(A)
    and mourners(B) go about the streets.

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16 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, 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

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

16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:

“There will be wailing(A) in all the streets(B)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(C) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.

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