Amos 9:11-15

The Restoration of Israel

11 "In that day 1I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old,
12 2that they may possess the remnant of Edom and 3all the nations who are called by my name,"[a] declares the LORD who does this.
13 "Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, 4"when the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; 5the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it.
14 6I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and 7they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; 8they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 9I will plant them on their land, 10and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land 11that I have given them," says the LORD your God.

Amos 9:11-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 9

This chapter contains the fifth and last vision the prophet saw; which represents the certain desolation of the land, city, and temple, and the slaughter of all sorts of persons, high and low, none should escape it, Am 9:1; be they where they would, they should be found out, whether in hell or heaven, on the tops of the highest mountains, or in the bottom of the sea, or in a foreign land, since the eyes of the Lord were upon them for evil, Am 9:2-4; nor could they hope to escape, when they considered his greatness and his power, and what he could do, and had done; and how they had behaved towards him, even though they were the people he had brought out of Egypt, Am 9:5-7; but though the sinful kingdom should be destroyed, yet not utterly, a remnant should be saved, Am 9:8-10; and the chapter is concluded with gracious promises of raising up the tabernacle of David fallen down, and of the return of the people of Israel to their own land; and of their settlement and continuance in it, never more to depart from it, Am 9:11-15.

Cross References 11

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew; Septuagint (compare Acts 15:17) that the remnant of mankind and all the nations who are called by my name may seek the Lord
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