Amos 5:17

Ye, in all vineyards, lamentation,—For I will pass along through thy midst, saith Yahweh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.

In Context

16Therefore, thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, My Lord, In all broadways, shall be lamentation, and, in all streets, shall they say, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the husbandman unto the mourning, and, unto the lamentation, them who know a wailing song;

18Alas for them who are longing for the day of Yahweh,—What good to you, is the day of Yahweh? it, being darkness and not light:

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Cross References

Exodus 12:12I will pass along, therefore, throughout the land of Egypt this night, and will smite every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from man even to beast,—and against all the gods of Egypt, will I execute judgments—I, Yahweh.

Isaiah 16:10Now shall be withdrawn rejoicing and exultation out of the garden-land, And, in the vineyards, shall be neither singing nor shouting,—Wine in the winepress, the treader, shall not tread, The vintage-shout, have I made to cease.

Jeremiah 48:33So shall be withdrawn gladness and exultation—From the fruitful field and From the land of Moab,—And wine from the vats, have I caused to fail, They shall not tread with shouting, The shouting shall be no shouting!

Joel 3:17So shall ye know that, I, Yahweh, am your God, making my habitation in Zion my holy mountain,—So shall, Jerusalem, be, holy, and, foreigners, shall pass through her no more.

Nahum 1:15Lo! upon the mountains, The feet of one, who bringeth Good Tidings! who publisheth Prosperity! Celebrate, O Judah, thy pilgrim festivals, fulfil thy vows, for, not again, any more, shall the Abandoned One, pass through thee, he hath been wholly cut off.

Matthew Henry on Amos 5:17-21

Threatenings and Reproofs. ( b. c. 790.) 16 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. 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord . 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man… Read the whole commentary →

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