KJV ORIGINAL
Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
This is what the Lord, the God of armies, says: There's going to be crying in every street. People will be walking down the roads saying 'Oh no, oh no!' They'll call farmers in from the fields to mourn, and bring in professional mourners to lead the weeping.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God's warning that heartbreak is coming to every corner of society — no one will be untouched.
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