13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet(A) in such times,
    for the times are evil.(B)

14 Seek good, not evil,
    that you may live.(C)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
    just as you say he is.
15 Hate evil,(D) love good;(E)
    maintain justice in the courts.(F)
Perhaps(G) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(H)
    on the remnant(I) of Joseph.

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

“There will be wailing(J) in all the streets(K)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(L) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing(M) in all the vineyards,
    for I will pass through(N) your midst,”
says the Lord.(O)

The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long
    for the day of the Lord!(P)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(Q)
    That day will be darkness,(R) not light.(S)

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