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Amos 5:14-16
Amplified Bible
Amos 5:14-16
Amplified Bible
14
Seek (long for, require) good and not evil, that you may live;
And so may the Lord God of hosts be with you,
Just as you have said!
15
Hate evil and love good,
And establish justice in the [court of the city] gate.
Perhaps the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [that is, those who remain after God’s judgment].
16 Therefore, thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Lord,
“There is wailing in all the public plazas,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
And they call the farmers to mourning [for those who have died]
And professional mourners to wailing.
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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