13. In such times the wise man will keep quiet,because it is a bad time.
14. Try to do good, not evil.Then you will live.And the Lord God of heaven’s armies will be with youjust as you say he is.
15. Hate evil and love good.Be fair in the courts.Maybe the Lord God of heaven’s armies will be kindto the people of Joseph who are left alive.
16. This is what the Lord, the Lord God of heaven’s armies, says:“People will be crying in all the public places.They will be saying, ‘Oh, no!’ in the streets.They will call the farmers to come and weep.They will pay people to cry out loud for them.
17. People will be crying in all the vineyards.This is because I will pass among you to punish you,” says the Lord.