Amos 5:16
Amos · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“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
What Does Amos 5:16 Mean?
Amos 5:16 is found in the book of Amos, chapter 5, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Lament.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Amos 5:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 9:17“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:”Hosea 4:3“Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.”Joel 1:11“Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.”Revelation 18:10“Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.”Ezekiel 30:3“For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.”Jeremiah 9:10“For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.”Joel 1:15“Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.”Amos 8:3“And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.”Job 3:8“Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.”Isaiah 15:2“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.”Isaiah 15:8“For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.”Isaiah 22:12“And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:”Isaiah 24:11“There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.”Jeremiah 4:31“For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.”Jeremiah 30:5“For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.”Jeremiah 50:16“Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.”Ezekiel 6:11“Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”Ezekiel 27:2“Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;”Joel 1:8“Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.”Joel 1:14“Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.”
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