Amos 9:13

13 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills,

Amos 9:13 in Other Translations

13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

13 "Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it.

13 “The time will come,” says the LORD, “when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested. Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel will drip with sweet wine!

13 "Yes indeed, it won't be long now." God's Decree.

13 Hear this! The days are coming- the Lord's declaration- when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the one who treads grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, and all the hills will flow [with it].

Amos 9:13 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 9:13

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord
Or "are coming" {y}; and which will commence upon the accomplishment of the above things, when the church of Christ is raised up and established, the Jews converted, and the Gentiles brought in: that the ploughman shall overtake the reaper;
or "meet the reaper" ^F26; or come up to him, or touch him, as it may be rendered; and so the Targum; that is, before the reaper has well cut down the grain, or it is scarce gathered in, the ploughman shall be ready to plough up the ground again, that it may be sown, and produce another crop: and the treaders of grapes him that soweth seed;
or "draweth seed" ^F1; out of his basket, and scatters it in the land; signifying that there should he such an abundance of grapes in the vintage, that they would continue pressing till seedtime; and the whole denotes a great affluence of temporal good things, as an emblem of spiritual ones; see ( Leviticus 26:5 ) ; where something of the like nature is promised, and expressed in much the same manner: and the mountains shall drop sweet wine;
or "new wine" ^F2; intimating that there shall be abundance of vines grow upon the mountains, which will produce large quantities of wine, so that they shall seem to drop or flow with it: and all the hills shall melt;
with liquors; either with wine or honey, or rather with milk, being covered with flocks and herds, which shall yield abundance of milk; by all which, plenty of spiritual things, as the word and ordinances, and rich supplies of grace, as well as of temporal things, is meant; see ( Joel 3:18 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (Myab Mymy) "dies venientes", Montanus, Burkius.
F26 (ruwqb vrwh vgn) "et [vel] cum occurret arator messori", Vatablus, Drusius; "attingent arator messorem", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "accedet arator ad messorem", Cocceius.
F1 (erzh Kvwm) "trahentem semen", Montanus, Liveleus, Drusius, Mercerus.
F2 (oyoe) "mustum", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Mercerus; "musto", Drusius, Cocceius.

Amos 9:13 In-Context

11 “In that day I will restore David’s fallen shelter— I will repair its broken walls and restore its ruins— and will rebuild it as it used to be,

12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name, ” declares the LORD, who will do these things.

13 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills,

14 and I will bring my people Israel back from exile.“They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

15 I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 31:38; Jeremiah 33:14
• 2. S Ruth 2:3
• 3. Leviticus 26:5
• 4. S Judges 9:27
• 5. S Joel 2:24
• 6. S Joel 3:18