The Meaning of Amos 5:17 Explained

Amos 5:17

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

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

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

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Amos 5:17?

MEANING: What does Amos 5:17 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Amos 5:17 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Amos 5:17?

What is the context of Amos 5:17?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Amos 5:17 Mean?

Context Summary

Amos 5:16-27 - A Dark Day For Hypocrites

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 unrighteous exactions, Amos 5:11; the acceptance of bribes to betray the needy, Amos 5:12 all these must be reckoned with. But if the guilty nation would not seek God and establish judgment in the gate, where magistrates sat to dispense justice, the streets would be filled with wailing, and the husbandmen and vine-dressers would be equally affected by the widespread desolation as the dwellers in the cities.

Moreover, bad as Israel's present condition was, it would become infinitely worse, as though a man fleeing from a lion rushed into the arms of a bear, or, taking refuge in a house, was stung by a serpent that lay hid in a cranny of the wall. Of what avail are religious rites, when the heart is alienated from God, Amos 5:21, etc.? Let us heed well the exhortation of Amos 5:23-24. The martyr Stephen quoted Amos 5:25-27, which accuse the people of carrying about little shrines and pocket-idols, to serve as amulets averting disaster, Acts 7:43. But they might as well have built a bank of sand to arrest an overflowing flood! The one thing which is going to help us is repentance toward God and faith in our Savior Jesus Christ. [source]

Chapter Summary: Amos 5

¹ A lamentation for Israel
⁴ An exhortation to repentance
²¹ God rejects their hypocritical service

What do the individual words in Amos 5:17 mean?

And in all vineyards [there shall be] wailing for I will pass through you says Yahweh -

וּבְכָל־ כְּרָמִ֖ים מִסְפֵּ֑ד כִּֽי־ אֶעֱבֹ֥ר בְּקִרְבְּךָ֖ אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה ס

וּבְכָל־	And in all
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
כְּרָמִ֖ים	vineyards
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: כֶּרֶם Sense: vineyard.
מִסְפֵּ֑ד	[there shall be] wailing
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מִסְפֵּד Sense: wailing.
אֶעֱבֹ֥ר	I will pass
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular Root: עָבַר Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
בְּקִרְבְּךָ֖	through you
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular Root: קֶרֶב Sense: midst, among, inner part, middle.
אָמַ֥ר	says
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָֽה	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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