Amos 5:16

Therefore, this is what Yahweh says, 1 the God of hosts, the Lord, 1 “Wailing will be in all the squares, 1 and they will say in all the streets, 1 'Woe! Woe!' 1 They will call the farmers to mourning 1 and the mourners to wail. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15Hate evil, love good, 1 establish justice in the city gate. 1 Perhaps Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious 1 to the remnant of Joseph. 1

17In all vineyards there will be wailing, 1 for I will pass through your midst,” 1 says Yahweh. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 15:2They have gone up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the heights to weep; 1 Moab laments over Nebo and over Medeba. 1 All their heads are shaved bare and all their beards are cut off. 1

Isaiah 22:12The Lord Yahweh of hosts called on that day 1 for weeping, for mourning, for shaved heads, and the wearing of sackcloth. 1

Jeremiah 9:10I will sing a song of mourning and wailing for the mountains, and a funeral song will be sung for the meadows. 1 For they are burned so no one can pass through them. They will not hear the sound of any cattle. 1 The birds of the skies and the animals have all fled away. 1

Jeremiah 9:17Yahweh of hosts says this, “Think about this: Summon 1 funeral singers; let them come. Send out for women skilled at lamenting; let them come. 1

Joel 1:8Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the death of her young husband. 1

Joel 1:14Call for a holy fast, 1 and call a holy assembly. 1 Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land 1 to the house of Yahweh your God, 1 and cry to Yahweh. 1

Matthew Henry on Amos 5:5-16

God's Message to Israel; The Aggravated Sins of Israel; Warnings and Exhortations; Exhortations and Encouragements. ( b. c. 790.) 4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 6 Seek the Lord , and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. 7 Ye who… Read the whole commentary →

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