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The farmers will be summoned to weep and the mourners to wail. <a href="/nlt/amos/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> Therefore, this is what the Lord, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, says: “There will be crying in all the public squares and mourning in every street. Call for the farmers to weep with you, and summon professional mourners to wail. <a href="/esv/amos/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord: “In all the squares there shall be wailing, and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They shall call the farmers to mourning and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation, <a href="/bsb/amos/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/amos/5.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/amos/5.htm">New King James Version</a> Therefore the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, says this: “There shall be wailing in all streets, And they shall say in all the highways, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They shall call the farmer to mourning, And skillful lamenters to wailing. <a href="/nasb_/amos/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Therefore this is what the LORD God of armies, the Lord says: “There is mourning in all the public squares, And in all the streets they say, ‘Oh no! Oh no!’ They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to mourning rites. <a href="/nasb/amos/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, &#8220There is wailing in all the plazas, And in all the streets they say, &#8216Alas! Alas!&#8217 They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to lamentation. <a href="/nasb77/amos/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Therefore, thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, “There is wailing in all the plazas, And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to lamentation. <a href="/lsb/amos/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Therefore thus says Yahweh God of hosts, the Lord, “There is wailing in all the plazas, And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They also call the farmer to mourning And professional weepers to wailing. <a href="/amp/amos/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Therefore, thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, “There is wailing in all the public plazas, And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’ And they call the farmers to mourning [for those who have died] And professional mourners to wailing. <a href="/csb/amos/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: There will be wailing in all the public squares; they will cry out in anguish in all the streets. The farmer will be called on to mourn, and professional mourners to wail. <a href="/hcsb/amos/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: There will be wailing in all the public squares; they will cry out in anguish in all the streets. The farmer will be called on to mourn, and professional mourners to wail. <a href="/asv/amos/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing. <a href="/cev/amos/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> This is what the LORD has sworn: Noisy crying will be heard in every town and street. Even farmers will be told to mourn for the dead, together with those who are paid to mourn. <a href="/erv/amos/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> Therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. <a href="/gwt/amos/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> This is what the LORD, the Almighty God of Armies, says: There will be loud crying in every city square, and people will say in every street, "Oh, no!" They will call on farmers to mourn and on professional mourners to cry loudly. <a href="/gnt/amos/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> And so the Sovereign LORD Almighty says, "There will be wailing and cries of sorrow in the city streets. Even farmers will be called to mourn the dead along with those who are paid to mourn. <a href="/isv/amos/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, the Lord, says: 'There will be dirges in all of the streets; and in all of the highways they will cry out in anguish. They will call the farmer to mourning and those who lament to grieve. <a href="/msb/amos/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/amos/5.htm">NET Bible</a> Because of Israel's sins this is what the LORD, the God who commands armies, the sovereign One, says: "In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead. They will tell the field workers to lament and the professional mourners to wail. <a href="/nheb/amos/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts: "Wailing will be in all the broad ways; and they will say in all the streets, 'Alas. Alas.' and they will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing. <a href="/wbt/amos/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 skillful in lamentation to wailing. <a href="/web/amos/5.htm">World English Bible</a> Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/amos/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Therefore, thus said YHWH, God of Hosts, the Lord: “Lamentation is in all broad places, "" And in all out-places they say, Oh! Oh! And called the farmer to mourning, "" And the skillful of wailing to lamentation. <a href="/ylt/amos/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, the Lord, In all broad places is lamentation, And in all out-places they say, 'Alas, alas,' And called the husbandman to mourning, And to lamentation the skilful of wailing. <a href="/slt/amos/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For this, thus said Jehovah God of armies, the Lord: In all your broad places, wailing; and in all the streets they shall say, Wo! wo! and they called to the husbandman to mourning, and wailing to all knowing lamentation.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/amos/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of hosts the sovereign Lord: In every street there shall be wailing: and in all places that are without, they shall say: Alas, alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to lament. <a href="/cpdv/amos/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Sovereign: In all the streets, there will be wailing. And in every place where they are outdoors, they will say, “Woe, woe!” And they will call the farmer to mourn, and those who know mourning to lamentation. <a href="/nabre/amos/5.htm">New American Bible</a> Therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord: In every square there shall be lamentation, and in every street they shall cry, “Oh, no!” They shall summon the farmers to wail and the professional mourners to lament. <a href="/nrsvce/amos/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord: In all the squares there shall be wailing; and in all the streets they shall say, “Alas! alas!” They shall call the farmers to mourning, and those skilled in lamentation, to wailing;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/amos/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts: In all streets there shall be wailing; and in all broad places they shall say, Alas! alas! and they shall call the farmers to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing. <a href="/hpbt/amos/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because thus says LORD JEHOVAH God The Almighty One: ‘in all the streets, lamentations! And among all broad places they shall say, Woe, Woe! And they shall call the ploughman to grieving and to lamentations and those who know lamentations<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/amos/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Therefore thus saith the LORD, The God of hosts, the Lord: Lamentation shall be in all the broad places, And they shall say in all the streets: 'Alas! alas!' And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, And proclaim lamentation to such as are skilful of wailing. <a href="/sep/amos/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Therefore thus saith the Lord God Almighty; In all the streets shall be lamentations; and in all the ways shall it be said, Woe, woe! the husbandman shall be called to mourning and lamentation, and to them that are skilled in complaining. <a href="/parallel/amos/5-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=853" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/amos/5.htm">The Day of the LORD</a> 16<a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/4553.htm" title="4553: mis·pêḏ (N-ms) -- A wailing. From caphad; a lamentation.">“There will be wailing</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">in all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7339.htm" title="7339: rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ (N-mp) -- A broad open place, plaza. Or rchowb; from rachab; a width, i.e. avenue or area.">the public squares</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yō·mə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and cries of</a> <a href="/hebrew/1930.htm" title="1930: hōw- (Interjection) -- Ah! By permutation from hahh; oh!">‘Alas!</a> <a href="/hebrew/1930.htm" title="1930: hōw (Interjection) -- Ah! By permutation from hahh; oh!">Alas!’</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ū·ḇə·ḵāl (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">in all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: ḥū·ṣō·wṯ (N-mp) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">the streets.</a> <a href="/hebrew/406.htm" title="406: ’ik·kār (N-ms) -- A plowman, husbandman. From an unused root meaning to dig; a farmer.">The farmer</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: wə·qā·rə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">will be summoned</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/60.htm" title="60: ’ê·ḇel (N-ms) -- Mourning. From 'abal; lamentation.">mourn,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yō·wḏ·‘ê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">and the mourners</a> <a href="/hebrew/5092.htm" title="5092: ne·hî (N-ms) -- A wailing, lamentation, mourning song. From nahah; an elegy."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4553.htm" title="4553: ū·mis·pêḏ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A wailing. From caphad; a lamentation.">wail.</a> 17There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a> On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. <a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17-18</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. / Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water. <a href="/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16-18</a> The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity. / Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water. / They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved. <a href="/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13-14</a> Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. / Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. <a href="/zephaniah/1-10.htm">Zephaniah 1:10-11</a> On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills. / Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off. <a href="/lamentations/2-18.htm">Lamentations 2:18-19</a> The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest. / Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street. <a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-3</a> Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. / Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Micah 1:8-9</a> Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich. / For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself. <a href="/isaiah/3-26.htm">Isaiah 3:26</a> And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground. <a href="/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Jeremiah 4:8</a> So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.” <a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21</a> “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. <a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a> As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ... <a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-5</a> Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ... <a href="/revelation/18-9.htm">Revelation 18:9-11</a> Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. / In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.” / And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— <a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Matthew 24:30</a> At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, said thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the farmer to mourning, and such as are skillful of lamentation to wailing.the Lord.<a href="/amos/5-27.htm">Amos 5:27</a> Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.<a href="/amos/3-13.htm">Amos 3:13</a> Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,Wailing.<a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a> And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.<a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Isaiah 15:2-5,8</a> He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off… <a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a> And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:such.<a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17-19</a> Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joel/1-15.htm">Alas</a> <a href="/amos/5-15.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-23.htm">Farmer</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Highways</a> <a href="/amos/5-15.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-23.htm">Husbandman</a> <a href="/amos/5-1.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Mourners</a> <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/amos/4-13.htm">Places</a> <a href="/daniel/9-22.htm">Skilful</a> <a href="/daniel/1-4.htm">Skillful</a> <a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Wailing</a> <a href="/joel/2-7.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/5-18.htm">Alas</a> <a href="/amos/5-27.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/amos/8-9.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/amos/7-14.htm">Farmer</a> <a href="/matthew/22-9.htm">Highways</a> <a href="/amos/5-27.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-5.htm">Husbandman</a> <a href="/amos/5-17.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/malachi/3-14.htm">Mourners</a> <a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/amos/6-8.htm">Places</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-24.htm">Skilful</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-2.htm">Skillful</a> <a href="/micah/7-10.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/amos/5-17.htm">Wailing</a> <a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 5</div>1. <a href="/amos/5-1.htm">A lamentation for Israel.</a> 4. <a href="/amos/5-4.htm">An exhortation to repentance.</a> 21. <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">God rejects their hypocritical service.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/amos/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: This phrase emphasizes the authority and sovereignty of God. The title "LORD, the God of Hosts" underscores His command over heavenly armies, indicating His power and ability to execute judgment. This introduction is a common prophetic formula, asserting that the message is directly from God, not the prophet's own words. It reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where God is both a divine warrior and a covenant keeper.There will be wailing in all the public squares: Public squares were central places in ancient cities for gatherings and commerce. The mention of wailing here indicates widespread public mourning and distress, suggesting a calamity affecting the entire community. This reflects the social and communal nature of ancient Israelite society, where public spaces were integral to daily life. The wailing signifies deep sorrow and is often associated with lamentation over sin and impending judgment.and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets: The repetition of "Alas!" is a traditional expression of grief and despair. Streets, like public squares, were vital parts of city life, and the presence of cries throughout them indicates that the judgment is pervasive and inescapable. This phrase highlights the inevitability and severity of God's judgment, as the entire city is engulfed in mourning. It echoes the lamentations found in other prophetic books, such as Jeremiah and Lamentations, where similar expressions are used to convey the depth of sorrow over sin and destruction.The farmer will be summoned to mourn: Farmers, typically associated with rural areas and agricultural life, are called to join in the mourning, indicating that the disaster affects both urban and rural populations. This inclusion of farmers suggests that the judgment impacts the land and its productivity, a common theme in prophetic literature where agricultural failure is a sign of divine displeasure. It also reflects the interconnectedness of society, where the well-being of the city and countryside are linked.and the mourners to wail: Professional mourners were often hired in ancient Near Eastern cultures to express grief at funerals and other times of sorrow. Their involvement here signifies the formal and intense nature of the mourning. This phrase underscores the seriousness of the situation, as even those accustomed to mourning are called upon to express the depth of the calamity. It also points to the cultural practices of lamentation, which were an important part of expressing communal grief and seeking divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord,_the_god_of_hosts.htm">The LORD, the God of Hosts</a> This title emphasizes God's supreme authority and power over all heavenly armies, underscoring His ability to execute judgment. 2. <a href="/topical/p/public_squares_and_streets.htm">Public Squares and Streets</a> These are the communal areas of the city where people gather, indicating that the judgment and mourning will be public and widespread. 3. <a href="/topical/f/farmers.htm">Farmers</a> Typically seen as individuals connected to the land and daily life, their involvement in mourning signifies the depth of the calamity affecting all societal levels. 4. <a href="/topical/m/mourners.htm">Mourners</a> These are individuals who are either professional mourners or those who are deeply affected by the events, highlighting the seriousness of the situation. 5. <a href="/topical/w/wailing_and_cries_of_'alas!_alas!'.htm">Wailing and Cries of 'Alas! Alas!'</a> These expressions of grief and despair indicate the severity of the judgment and the people's recognition of their dire situation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_universality_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Universality of God's Judgment</a> God's judgment affects all areas of life, from public spaces to personal livelihoods. We must recognize that sin has consequences that permeate every aspect of society. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community_in_mourning.htm">The Role of Community in Mourning</a> The communal nature of the mourning in <a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16</a> reminds us of the importance of coming together in times of crisis. As believers, we should support one another in prayer and compassion during difficult times. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> The wailing and cries of 'Alas!' serve as a call to repentance. We should examine our lives and turn back to God, seeking His mercy and forgiveness. <a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_sin_on_society.htm">The Impact of Sin on Society</a> The involvement of farmers and mourners indicates that sin's impact is not limited to the individual but affects the entire community. We should strive to live righteously, understanding that our actions have broader implications.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 5</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_drought_in_jeremiah_14_1-6.htm">Jeremiah 14:1-6: Does any historical or archeological evidence confirm or challenge the account of a severe drought at that time?</a> <a href="/q/historical_proof_of_israel_selling_righteous.htm">(Amos 2:6-7) Are there any historical records supporting the accusation that Israel sold the righteous for silver?</a> <a href="/q/was_jairus's_daughter_dead_or_in_a_coma.htm">Mark 5:35-42: Was Jairus's daughter truly dead, or could she have been in a coma, making her 'resurrection' more of a misdiagnosis?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_'unequally_yoked'_in_love.htm">What does 'unequally yoked' mean in relationships?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) Therefore.--Probably a pause occurs here, for once more the words of the prophet assume a more mournful tone. "Therefore" points back to the transgressions condemned in <a href="/context/amos/5-11.htm" title="For as much therefore as your treading is on the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.">Amos 5:11-13</a>. On the Divine name "Lord of hosts," see note on <a href="/hosea/12-5.htm" title="Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.">Hosea 12:5</a>, and Oehler, Biblical Theology of the Old Testament, ?? 194-8. It is a grand phrase to denote the antithesis. between "the Portion of Jacob," and all heathen deities.The "streets" are the open wide squares near the gates, and the "highways" are more properly the narrow alleys of the crowded cities of the Easu. The word for wailing (misp?d) denotes properly the beating of the breast, the Oriental symptom of grief. The calling of the husbandman from his agricultural pursuits to lamentation is an indication that the disaster was universal. Those "skilled in wailing" were generally, and are still, women who tear their hair and dress, throw dust over the head, and utter the monotonous wail and piercing cry of distress. The last clause should properly be inverted, And wailing to such as are skilful of lamentation. (<a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm" title="Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:">Ecclesiastes 12:5</a>; <a href="/context/jeremiah/9-17.htm" title="Thus said the LORD of hosts, Consider you, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:">Jeremiah 9:17-19</a>.Pass through thee.--Properly through the midst of thee. Whenever Jehovah is said to pass through a land or a city, heavy punishment is intended. (Comp. <a href="/exodus/12-12.htm" title="For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.">Exodus 12:12</a>.) The reference to the "vineyards" adds to the terror of the picture. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 16, 17. - The retribution for their incorrigible iniquity is here announced. For "they that would not be reformed by that correction, wherein he dallied with them, shall feel a judgment worthy of God" (Wisd. 12:26). Verse 16. - Therefore. The prophet returns to what was said in ver. 13 about the uselessness of reproof; yore. 14 and 15 being a kind of parenthetical exhortation which his love for his nation forced from him. "Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord," Adonai, saith what follows, these solemn titles being used to add solemnity, certainty, and weight to the announcement. Wailing; misped, "the death wail." Streets; broad places; πλατείαις (Septuagint); plateis (Vulgate). Highways; the narrower streets; ὁδοῖς (Septuagint); in cunctis quae foris sunt (Vulgate). Everywhere in town and country shall the wail be heard. Alas! alas! ho! ho! This is the death wail (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/22-18.htm">Jeremiah 22:18</a>), which should sound abroad when Samaria was besieged and taken. They shall call the husbandman to mourning. The husbandman shall be called from his labour in the fields to mourn for a calamity in his house. Pusey thinks the mourning is for his occupation gone, his tillage now only furnishing food for the enemy; but the context involves the notion of death. And such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing; literally, proclaim wailing to such, etc. These are the hired mourners, both male and female, who sang mournful songs at deaths (comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">2 Chronicles 35:25</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17</a>; <a href="/matthew/9-23.htm">Matthew 9:23</a>). <a href="/commentaries/amos/5-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Therefore לָ֠כֵן (lā·ḵên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus this is what כֹּֽה־ (kōh-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the LORD, יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the God אֱלֹהֵ֤י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Hosts, צְבָאוֹת֙ (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign the Lord, אֲדֹנָ֔י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord says: אָמַ֨ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “There will be wailing מִסְפֵּ֔ד (mis·pêḏ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4553.htm">Strong's 4553: </a> A lamentation in all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the public squares רְחֹב֣וֹת (rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7339.htm">Strong's 7339: </a> A broad open place, plaza and cries of יֹאמְר֣וּ (yō·mə·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘Alas, הוֹ־ (hōw-) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1930.htm">Strong's 1930: </a> Oh! alas’ ה֑וֹ (hōw) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1930.htm">Strong's 1930: </a> Oh! in all וּבְכָל־ (ū·ḇə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the streets. חוּצ֖וֹת (ḥū·ṣō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors The farmer אִכָּר֙ (’ik·kār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_406.htm">Strong's 406: </a> A plowman, husbandman will be summoned וְקָרְא֤וּ (wə·qā·rə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to mourn, אֵ֔בֶל (’ê·ḇel) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_60.htm">Strong's 60: </a> Lamentation and the mourners י֥וֹדְעֵי (yō·wḏ·‘ê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to wail. וּמִסְפֵּ֖ד (ū·mis·pêḏ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4553.htm">Strong's 4553: </a> A lamentation <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/amos/5-16.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 5:16 Therefore thus says Yahweh the God (Amo. 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