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How awful that day will be!(A)
There will be no other like it!(B)
It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,
but he will be saved out of it.

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16 Therefore the Lord, the God of Armies, the Lord, says:

There will be wailing in all the public squares;(A)
they will cry out in anguish[a] in all the streets.
The farmer will be called on to mourn,(B)
and professional mourners[b],(C) to wail.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:16 Lit will say, “Alas! Alas! ”
  2. 5:16 Lit and those skilled in lamentation