Amos 5:15-17

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁵ Hate evil and love goodness.
    Bring justice back into the courts.
Maybe then the Lord God All-Powerful
    will be kind to the survivors from Joseph’s family.

¹⁶ The Lord, the Lord God All-Powerful says,
“People will be crying in the public places.
    They will be crying in the streets.
    They will hire the professional criers.^[a]
17 People will be crying in the vineyards,
    because I will pass through and punish you.”
    This is what the Lord said.