Amos 5:17 (YLT)

Passage

And in all vineyards <FI>is<Fi> lamentation, For I pass into thy midst, said Jehovah.

Nearby Context

Amos 5:15 Hate evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 5:16 Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, the Lord, In all broad places <FI>is<Fi> lamentation, And in all out-places they say, `Alas, alas,' And called the husbandman to mourning, And to lamentation the skilful of wailing.

Amos 5:17 And in all vineyards <FI>is<Fi> lamentation, For I pass into thy midst, said Jehovah.

Amos 5:18 Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why <FI>is<Fi> this to you--the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,

Amos 5:19 As <FI>when<Fi> one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "vineyards", "lamentation", "pass", "midst", "said", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "vineyards" and "lamentation", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "Therefore thus said Jehovah God of Hosts..." into verse 18's "Ho ye who are desiring the day...", so "vineyards" and "lamentation" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "vineyards" and "lamentation" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.