Amos 9:13

13 "The days will come," says ADONAI, "when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the one treading grapes the one sowing seed. Sweet wine will drip down the mountains, 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 "When that day comes, I will raise up the fallen sukkah of David. I will close up its gaps, raise up its ruins and rebuild it as it used to be,

12 so that Isra'el can possess what is left of Edom and of all the nations bearing my name," says ADONAI, who is doing this.

13 "The days will come," says ADONAI, "when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the one treading grapes the one sowing seed. Sweet wine will drip down the mountains, and all the hills will flow with it.

14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Isra'el; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities; they will plant vineyards and drink their wine, cultivate gardens and eat their fruit.

15 I will plant them on their own soil, no more to be uprooted from their land, which I gave them," says ADONAI your God.