Amos 5:17

Amos 5:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and in all vineyards there shall be wailing, for I will pass through your midst," says the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In all vineyards there shall be wailing, For I will pass through you,” Says the Lord.

Context of Amos 5:17

15Hate evil things and love good things. When you judge people, be fair and honest. Then maybe the Lord God Almighty will be kind to those of his people who still remain, Joseph's descendants. 16The Lord, the Lord God Almighty says, ‘All the people will be sad. They will weep and cry loudly in all the streets. They will tell the farmers to weep with them. They will tell the singers to sing sad songs for them. In every field and garden, people will be weeping, because I will come to punish them all.’ That is what the Lord says. 18You want the special day of the Lord to come. But it will be very bad for you! You think that God will punish your enemies on that day. But that day will not bring light to you, it will bring darkness. 19Nobody will escape! It will be like a man who runs away from a lion, but then he meets a bear! When he goes into his house to be safe, he puts his hand on a wall and a snake bites him!

Amos 5:17 word by word

וּבְכָל־כְּרָמִ֖ים מִסְפֵּ֑ד כִּֽי־אֶעֱבֹ֥ר בְּקִרְבְּךָ֖ אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in all vineyardsכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• wailingמִסְפֵּדmispêd · mourningH4553
• for I will passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• throughקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• thee, saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Amos 5:17

• Isaiah 16:10Nobody is happy in the fields. Nobody sings or shouts with joy in the vineyards. Nobody squeezes the grapes to make wine. I have caused all the happy noise to stop.
• Isaiah 32:10Now, you think that you are safe, but in one year's time, you will shake with fear. There will be no grapes at harvest time. You will pick no fruit from your trees.
• Jeremiah 48:33People will no longer be happy in the land where this fruit grows. I will stop them making wine from their grapes. They will not stamp on their grapes and shout with joy. Instead, the shouts will be shouts about trouble.
• Hosea 9:1People of Israel, do not shout with joy, as the people of other nations do at their festivals. You have not been faithful to me, your God. Like a prostitute, you sell yourselves to foreign gods that you worship on the threshing floors.
• Exodus 12:12On the night that you eat the Passover meal, I will travel through the country of Egypt. I will kill every firstborn son and every firstborn male animal. I will punish all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.
• Joel 3:17‘Then you will know that I am the Lord your God. You will know that I live in Zion, my holy hill. Jerusalem will be holy. Strangers will never take it again.
• Nahum 1:12The Lord has said, ‘The people in Nineveh are many. And they think that they are safe. But I will kill them. I have punished you, my people, before now. But I will not punish you any more.
• Zechariah 9:8Then I will keep my house safe against my enemies. No army will ever again beat my people, because I am watching them.

Commentaries on Amos 5:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17And in all vineyards shall be wailing - The places where festivity especially used to prevail. I will pass through thee - As I passed, by the ministry of the destroying angel, through Egypt, not to spare, but to destroy.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17And in all vineyards shall be wailing - All joy should be turned into sorrow. Where aforetime was the vintage-shout in thankfulness for the ingathering, and anticipating gladness to come, there, in the source of their luxury, should be wailing, the forerunner of sorrow to come. it was a vintage, not of wine, but of woe. For I will pass through thee - In the destruction of the firstborn in Egypt, God did not “pass through” but “passed over” them, and they…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-17Verses 7-17 The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of daring sinners into utter darkness. Evil times will not bear plain dealing; that is, evil men will not. And these men were evil men indeed, when wise and good men thought it in vain even to speak to them. Those who will seek and love that which is good, may help to save the land from ruin. It…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17wailing … mourn … wailing: People would grieve because of the widespread and certain destruction ahead (Amos 5:1–2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. in all vineyards ... wailing--where usually songs of joy were heard. pass through thee--taking vengeance (Ex 12:12, 23; Na 1:12). "Pass over" and "pass by," on the contrary, are used of God's forgiving (Ex 12:23; Mi 7:18; compare Am 7:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 5:17

• Famine
• Judgments
• Weeping

In the dictionaries

• Manifold
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Commentaries on Amos 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings