14. Seek good and not evil, so that you live. And let יהוה Elohim of hosts be with you, as you have spoken.
15. Hate evil and love good, and set up right-ruling in the gate. It might be that יהוה Elohim of hosts shows favour to the remnant of Yosĕph.
16. Therefore יהוה Elohim of hosts, יהוה, said this, “There is wailing in all open squares, and in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’ and shall call the farmer to mourning, and skilled lamenters to wailing.
17. “And in all vineyards there is wailing, for I pass through your midst,” said יהוה.
18. Woe to you who are longing for the day of יהוה! What does the day of יהוה mean to you? It is darkness, and not light,
19. as when a man flees from a lion, and a bear shall meet him; or entered his house, rested his hand on the wall, and a serpent shall bite him.