Amo 5:16-17 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 16. They shall call the husbandman to mourning ] Because the crops have failed, and the ground has been tilled in vain. Such as are skilful of lamentation ] .

‏ Amos 5:16-17

Verse 16. They shall call the husbandman to mourning] Because the crops have failed, and the ground has been tilled in vain.

Such as are skilful of lamentation] See Clarke on Jer 9:17.

Verse 17. And in all vineyards shall be wailing] The places where festivity especially used to prevail.

I will pass through thee] As I passed, by the ministry of the destroying angel, through Egypt, not to spare, but to destroy.