Amo 5:16 | HCSB | STEP | Therefore Yahweh , the God of Hosts , the Lord , says : There will be wailing in all the public squares ; they will cry out in anguish in all the streets . The farmer will be called on to mourn , and professional mourners to wail .

‏ Amos 5:16

16 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says:

There will be wailing in all the public squares; ^a
they will cry out in anguish ^{▼▼Lit will say, “Alas! Alas!”} in all the streets.
The farmer will be called on to mourn, ^c
and professional mourners ^{▼▼Lit and those skilled in lamentation
,} ^e to wail.