Bible verse

Amos 5:17

There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.

Amos 5:17 · BSB

Amos 5:17 in context

The verses around it, from Amos 5.

13 Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.

14 Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.

15 Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

16 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.

17 There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.

18 Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

19 It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

20 Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

21 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

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Amos 5:17 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.

ERV

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

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