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Amos 5:16 KJV
Amos · chapter 5 · verse 16
Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.Amos 5:16 · King James Version
Amos 5:16 in context
14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
16Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
17And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
18Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- highwayschûwtsproperly, separate by awallH2351 →
- Wailingmiçpêda lamentationH4553 →
- streetsrᵉchôba widthH7339 →
- hoststsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here is, I. A very terrible threatening of destruction approaching, Amo 5:16, Amo 5:17. Since they would not take the right course to obtain the favour of God, God would take an effectual course to make them feel the weight of his displeasure.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-20