Amos 5:17

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, Prepare to meet thy God.

Related Commentaries of 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 ingat...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

pass through. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 12:12 ). App-92.
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. S...
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 festi...
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...
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 a...
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...
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 5:1...
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...
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, implie...
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...
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...
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 , whi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings and Reproofs. B. C. 790. ...
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...
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 judgme...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Closing Lamentation ( Amos 5:16-17 ). Having previously opened with a lamentation, Amos closes with a lamentation by YHWH, for he is well aware...
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...
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 Chr...
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 Isra...
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 t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Woe upon Fools and Hypocrites
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And in all vineyards shall be wailing, instead of the shouts of joy formerly heard there; for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord, with His vi...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

¹⁷ And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.

Related Commentaries of Amos 5:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Amos 5:17