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Amos 5:16 Cross-References
Explore 17 cross-references for Amos 5:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 5 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
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Commentary on Amos 5:16
Wailing shall be in all streets... and they shall call the husbandman to mourning—This verse depicts comprehensive national lamentation when judgment arrives. God speaks as the LORD, the God of hosts (Adonai YHWH Elohei-Tzeva'ot, אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה אֱלֹהֵי־צְבָאוֹת), emphasizing His sovereignty over heavenly armies—the one announcing judgment has power to execute it. The phrase misped (מִסְפֵּד, "wailing/mourning") appears twice, along with nehi (נְהִי, "lamentation") and the cry ho-ho (הוֹ־הוֹ, "Alas! alas!")—Hebrew onomatopoeia for grief.The imagery is striking: mourning will be so widespread th...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Amos 5:16
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“you farmers! Wail”
“Consider you”
“and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation”
“the Lord”
“Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.”
“and all the inhabitants of the land”
“saying”
“who were made rich by her”
“the anguish as of her who brings forth her first child”
“and lament with a doleful lamentation”