Amos 5:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Amos 5:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And 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,...
Amos 5:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Impending Punishment. The prophet gives his next few words the form of a dirge ( kî nah , Amos 5:1 ). This ( Amos 5:2 ) is characterised by the peculiar kî nah-metre , consisting of three b...
Amos 5:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

pass through. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 12:12 ). App-92.
Amos 5:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

A reason is now added, why the whole country would be taken up with lamentation and mourning; for the Lord would pass through the whole land. Surely nothing was more to be desired, than that Go...
Amos 5:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. And in all vineyards shall be wailing - The places where festivity especially used to prevail. I will pass thro...
Amos 5:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For I will pass through thee— "About to avenge mine own injuries; not, as before, sending the pestilence and famine." To the same purpose it is said in the 12th verse of the former chapter, Prepar...
Amos 5:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. In all vineyards shall be wailing - where usually songs of joy were heard. For I will pass through thee...
Amos 5:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Third Address 1-6. A lament, a warning, and an invitation. 7, 10-20 . Denunciation of injustice and oppression, with threats of pestilence and judgment. 21-27 . A repudiation of their atte...
Amos 5:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2. FOR WORSHIP, JUSTICE Amos 5:1-27 In the next of these groups of oracles Amos continues his attack on the national ritual, and now contrasts it with the service of God in public life-the reli...
Amos 5:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Dark Day for Hypocrites Amos 5:16-27 Mighty sins had been committed, and mighty judgments were at hand. The oppression of the poor, Amos 5:11 ; the erection of elegant dwellings from unright...
Amos 5:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The third discourse was a description of Jehovah's judgment. This opened with a lamentation for the virgin of Israel, "The virgin of Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise, she is cast down upon he...
Amos 5:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The first verse in this paragraph is a confirmation, if it were needed, of what I advanced in my observations on the former. Seeking the Lord, implies the hope of finding him, and indeed the promise...
Amos 5:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And in all vineyards [shall be] wailing ,.... The vines being destroyed, and no grapes to be gathered, and put into the press; when there used to be great shoutings, and large expressions of joy, at...
Amos 5:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And in all vineyards [shall be] wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. Ver. 17. And in all vineyards shall be wailing ] Where used to be great jollity and revelry riot in time of v...
Amos 5:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore the Lord saith thus The prophet, foreseeing their obstinacy, proceeds in denouncing judgments against them: and the word therefore , which introduces his threatenings, is to be referred...
Amos 5:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings and Reproofs. B. C. 790. 16 Therefore the L ORD , the God of hosts, the L...
Amos 5:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In all vineyards shall be wailing: in these places was usually the greatest jollity, and they gathered their vintage with joy; but now it is quite contrary, either vines are blasted, or eaten up, o...
Amos 5:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Lamentation Over Israel ( Amos 5:1-17 ). While speaking powerfully Amos had no joy in what was to happen to Israel, and having pronounced judgment on them, he now laments what must necessarily b...
Amos 5:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 5:16 . Therefore] if ye seek not God, there will be lamentation not only by professional mourners, but in the streets of the city, in all towns of the kingdom, and in pla...
Amos 5:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Amos 5:4 . For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: And that it just the message of God to professing Christians now: «Seek ye me.» Get away from your mere...
Amos 5:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 5:2 . The virgin of Israel is fallen. Babylon, which had never been stormed by a besieging army, is called a virgin. Isaiah 47:1 . Thus Israel, whose kingdom had never yet been wholly subdue...
Amos 5:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 6:14 § 8. Third address : the prophet utters a lamentation over the fall of Israel . ( Amos 6:1-30 .) He calls her to repentance, while he shows wherein she has decli...
Amos 5:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Woe upon Fools and Hypocrites
Amos 5:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 12:12 ; Exodus 12:23 ; Hosea 9:1 ; Hosea 9:2 ; Isaiah 16:10 ; Isaiah 32:10-12 ; Jeremiah 48:33 ; Joel 3:17 ; Nahum 1:12 ; Nahum 1:15 ; Zechariah 9:8
Amos 5:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Vineyards — In these places were usually the greatest joy. Pass through — To punish all every where.

Amos 5:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 5:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 5:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 5:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 5:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 5:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 5:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 5:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 5:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 5:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 5:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 5:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 5:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 5:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 5:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 5:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Amos 5:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 5:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 5:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 5:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 5:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes