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 vintage, Psalms 4:7. The calamity shall be common, the scourge overflowing; and all sorts shall have their share. See Joel 1:5; Joel 1:11; Joel 1:13 .
For I will pass through thee, saith the Lord] As a fire in a thick wood, James 3:5, or dry stubble, Joe 2:5 Nahum 1:10. I will go through them, I will burn them together, Isaiah 27:4, make a short work with them, Romans 9:28. So fearful a thing it is to fall into the punishing hands of the living God, Hebrews 10:31, to stand in his way, when his sword is in commission, and he saith to it, "Sword, go through the land; cut off man and beast from it," Ezekiel 14:17. Let this be thought on by those secure ones that live as if they were out of the reach of God's rod; for "what if the sword contemn even the rod?" Ezekiel 21:13, and be drenched in the gall of these sturdy rebels? what then?