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, love good, maintain justice at the gate. Maybe Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot will extend grace to Joseph’s remnant. 16Therefore thus said Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot, my Lord: “There will be wailing in all plazas and in all streets. They will say: ‘Alas! Alas!’ The farmer will be called to mourning along with those who know the lamentation song. In all vineyards will be wailing, for I will pass through your midst” —Adonai has spoken. 18Oy to you—longing for the Day of Adonai! What would it be for you? The Day of Adonai will be darkness and not light. 19It will be as when a man is fleeing from a lion—and meets a bear! Or he comes home, leans his hand on the 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 16:10Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field. In the vineyards, no singing for joy no happy shouting, no treading wine in the presses. I have made the shouting stop.
• Isaiah 32:10Within a year and a few days you will shudder, complacent ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the gathering will not come.
• Jeremiah 48:33So joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab. I stopped wine from the winepresses. No one will tread with shouting— any shouting is not a shout of joy.”
• Hosea 9:1Do not rejoice, O Israel, do not celebrate like the peoples— for so you have gone whoring away from your God. You have loved a prostitute’s pay, on every grain-threshing-floor.
• Exodus 12:12“For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night and strike down every firstborn, both men and animals, and I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am Adonai.
• Nahum 1:12Thus said Adonai: Though they are strong and numerous, even so they will be mowed down and pass away. Although I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
• Zechariah 9:8But I will camp around My House against marauding forces. No oppressor will overrun them again— for now I watch with My own eyes.

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
• Seek
• Haggai

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