15. Hate evil, love good,and establish justice in the courts.It may be that the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
16. Therefore the Lord, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says:“Wailing will be in all the wide ways;and they will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’and they will call the farmer to mourning,and those who are skilful in lamentation to wailing.
17. In all vineyards there will be wailing;for I will pass through the middle of you,” says the Lord.
18. “Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!Why do you long for the day of the Lord?It is darkness,and not light.
19. As if a man fled from a lion,and a bear met him;Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall,and a snake bit him.