“Therefore,
Thus says Yahweh!
The God of hosts!
The Lord!
‘In all the squares.
There shall be wailing.
In all the streets,
They shall say.
‘Alas!
Alas!’
They shall call
The farmers
To mourning.
They shall call
Those skilled
In lamentation,
To wailing.
In all the vineyards,
There shall be wailing.
I will pass through
The midst of you.’
Says Yahweh.”
Amos has this oracle of Yahweh that talks about the coming wailing and mourning all over the place. Yahweh, the God of the heavenly army or hosts is the Lord who speaks to them. In the streets and the squares of the town, there will be wailing and mourning. They will cry out, “alas, alas.” The farmers will mourn. They will need skilled mourners because of the great grief that they face. The people with vineyards will wail and mourn also. Yahweh was going to pass through them the middle of them.
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