¹⁶ Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all broadways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

¹⁵ Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, let not Judah trespass; and come ye not unto Gilgal, neither go up to Beth-aven, nor swear [As] Jehovah liveth!

² Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Wail, Alas for the day!

³ For the day is near, even the day of Yahweh is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.