In all vineyards there shall be wailing, For I will pass through you,” 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.
- BSB There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” 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 12:12For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Yahweh.
- Isa 16:10Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there will be no singing, neither joyful noise. Nobody will tread out wine in the presses. I have made the shouting stop.
- Jer 48:33Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab. I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses. No one will tread with shouting. The shouting will be no shouting.
- Hos 9:1–2Don’t rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; for you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor.
- Nah 1:12Yahweh says: “Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
- Nah 1:15Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.
- Exod 12:23For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door posts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.
- Zech 9:8I will encamp around my house against the army, that no one pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes.
- Isa 32:10–12For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women; for the vintage shall fail. The harvest won’t come.
- Joel 3:17“So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more.
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