13. In such times the wise person will keep quiet,because it is a bad time.
14. Try to do good, not evil,so that you will live,and the Lord God All-Powerful will be with youjust as you say he is.
15. Hate evil and love good;be fair in the courts.Maybe the Lord God All-Powerful will be kindto the people of Joseph who are left alive.
16. This is what the Lord, the Lord God All-Powerful, says:“People will be crying in all the streets;they will be saying, ‘Oh, no!’ in the public places.They will call the farmers to come and weepand will pay people to cry out loud for them.