Amo 5:16 | ESV | STEP | Therefore thus says the Lord , the God of hosts , the Lord : In all the squares there shall be wailing , and in all the streets they shall say , Alas ! Alas ! They shall call the farmers to mourning and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation ,

a[See ver. 14 above]

Amos 5:16

16 Therefore thus says the Lord ^athe God of hosts, the Lord:

“In all the squares ^bthere shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and ^cto wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,