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


In Context

14 Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.

15 Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says: "There will be wailing in all the streets and cries of anguish in every public square. The farmers will be summoned to weep 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 ! Why do you long for the day of the Lord ? That day will be darkness, not light.

19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him.

Amos 5:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And in all vineyards [shall be] wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And in all vineyards there shall be wailing: because I will pass through in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17In all vineyards there will be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you,| says Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And in all vineyards is lamentation, For I pass into thy midst, said Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through you, said the LORD.