There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB In all vineyards there will be wailing; for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh.
- KJV And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
- NKJV In all vineyards there shall be wailing, For I will pass through you,” Says the Lord.
- NASB “And in all the vineyards there is mourning, Because I will pass through the midst of you,” says the Lord.
- NLT There will be wailing in every vineyard, for I will destroy them all,” says the Lord.
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Quick answer
Even the vineyards, places of joy and harvest, will be filled with wailing as God passes through in judgment. His presence, once a blessing, now brings death.
Overview
The phrase 'I will pass through' deliberately echoes the Exodus Passover, but here Israel is on the receiving end of judgment rather than being spared. Their covenant privilege does not exempt them when they persist in sin. This warns that mere external belonging to God's people is no shelter; only those covered by the true Passover Lamb, Christ, are safe when God passes through.
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- Exod 12:12On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
- Isa 16:10Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
- Jer 48:33Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.
- Hos 9:1–2Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.
- Nah 1:12This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.
- Nah 1:15Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
- Exod 12:23When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
- Zech 9:8But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.
- Isa 32:10–12In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.
- Joel 3:17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
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Amid judgment on injustice, Amos promises the raising up of David's fallen tent — read by James in Acts 15 as the ingathering of the nations into the kingdom of the risen Christ.
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