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Amos 5:16

NETBible	Because of Israel’s sins¹ this is what the Lord, the God who commands armies, the sovereign One,² says: “In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead.³ They will tell the field workers⁴ to lament and the professional mourners⁵ to wail.
NIV © biblegateway Amo 5:16	Therefore this is what the Lord, the LORD God Almighty, says: "There will be wailing in all the streets and cries of anguish in every public square. The farmers will be summoned to weep and the mourners to wail.
NASB © biblegateway Amo 5:16	Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, "There is wailing in all the plazas, And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to lamentation.
NLT © biblegateway Amo 5:16	Therefore, this is what the Lord, the LORD God Almighty, says: "There will be crying in all the public squares and in every street. Call for the farmers to weep with you, and summon professional mourners to wail and lament.
MSG © biblegateway Amo 5:16	Now again, my Master's Message, GOD, God-of-the-Angel-Armies: "Go out into the streets and lament loudly! Fill the malls and shops with cries of doom! Weep loudly, 'Not me! Not us, Not now!' Empty offices, stores, factories, workplaces. Enlist everyone in the general lament.
BBE © SABDAweb Amo 5:16	So these are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the Lord: There will be weeping in all the open spaces; and in all the streets they will say, Sorrow! sorrow! and they will get in the farmer to the weeping, and the makers of sad songs to give cries of grief.
NRSV © bibleoremus Amo 5:16	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 those skilled in lamentation, to wailing;
NKJV © biblegateway Amo 5:16	Therefore the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, says this: " There shall be wailing in all streets, And they shall say in all the highways, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They shall call the farmer to mourning, And skillful lamenters to wailing.
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KJV	Therefore the LORD <03068>_, the God <0430> of hosts <06635>_, the Lord <0136>_, saith <0559> (8804) thus; Wailing <04553> [shall be] in all streets <07339>_; and they shall say <0559> (8799) in all the highways <02351>_, Alas <01930>_! alas <01930>_! and they shall call <07121> (8804) the husbandman <0406> to mourning <060>_, and such as are skilful <03045> (8802) of lamentation <05092> to wailing <04553>_.
NASB © biblegateway Amo 5:16	Therefore <03651> thus <03541> says <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635> , the Lord <0136> , "There is wailing <04553> in all <03605> the plazas <07339> , And in all <03605> the streets <02351> they say <0559> , 'Alas <01930> ! Alas <01930> !' They also call <07121> the farmer <0406> to mourning <060> And professional <03045> mourners <03045> to lamentation <05092> .
LXXM	dia <1223> PREP touto <3778> D-ASN tade <3592> D-APN legei <3004> V-PAI-3S kuriov <2962> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM pantokratwr <3841> N-NSM en <1722> PREP pasaiv <3956> A-DPF plateiaiv <4116> A-DPF kopetov <2870> N-NSM kai <2532> CONJ en <1722> PREP pasaiv <3956> A-DPF odoiv <3598> N-DPF rhyhsetai {V-FPI-3S} ouai <3759> INJ ouai <3759> INJ klhyhsetai <2564> V-FPI-3S gewrgov <1092> N-NSM eiv <1519> PREP penyov <3997> N-ASN kai <2532> CONJ kopeton <2870> N-ASM kai <2532> CONJ eiv <1519> PREP eidotav <3708> V-RAPAP yrhnon <2355> N-ASM
NET [draft] ITL	Because <03651> of Israel’s sins this is what <03541> the Lord <03068> , the God <0430> who commands armies <06635> , the sovereign One <0136> , says: “In all <03605> the squares <07339> there will be wailing <04553> , in all <03605> the streets <02351> they will mourn the dead <01930> <01930> <0559> . They will tell <07121> the field workers <0406> to lament <060> and the professional <03045> mourners <04553> to wail <05092> .
HEBREW	yhn <05092> yedwy <03045> la <0413> dpomw <04553> lba <060> la <0413> rka <0406> warqw <07121> wh <01930> wh <01930> wrmay <0559> twuwx <02351> lkbw <03605> dpom <04553> twbxr <07339> lkb <03605> ynda <0136> twabu <06635> yhla <0430> hwhy <03068> rma <0559> hk <03541> Nkl (5:16) <03651>

NETBible

Because of Israel’s sins¹ this is what the Lord, the God who commands armies, the sovereign One,² says: “In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead.³ They will tell the field workers⁴ to lament and the professional mourners⁵ to wail.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “Therefore.” This logical connector relates back to the accusation of vv. 10-13, not to the parenthetical call to repentance in vv. 14-15. To indicate this clearly, the phrase “Because of Israel’s sins” is used in the translation.

²tn Or “the Lord.” The Hebrew term translated “sovereign One” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

³tn Heb “they will say, ‘Ah! Ah!’” The Hebrew term הוֹ (ho, “ah, woe”) is an alternate form of הוֹי (hoy), a word used to mourn the dead and express outwardly one’s sorrow. See 1 Kgs 13:30; Jer 22:18; 34:5. This wordplay follows quickly, as v. 18 begins with הוֹי (“woe”).

⁴tn Or “farmers” (NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

⁵tn Heb “those who know lamentation.”

⁵sn Professional mourners are referred to elsewhere in the OT (2 Chr 35:25; Jer 9:17) and ancient Near Eastern literature. See S. M. Paul, Amos (Hermeneia), 180.