Amos 9:14
in Amos 9I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
KJV
And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
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This verse in Amos 9
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThey shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine - When threatened with great evils, Amo 5:11, it is said, “They shall plant pleasant vineyards but shall not drink the wine of them.” Previously to their restoration, they shall labor for others; after their restoration, they shall labor for themselves.
This site's exposition
the plowman shall overtake the reaper
on Amos 9:13-15
The closing promise pictures a fertility so continuous that the plowman overtakes the reaper and the treader of grapes the man still sowing, with mountains dropping sweet wine and hills melting in abundance, the picture of covenant blessing without interruption. I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, waste cities rebuilt, vineyards planted and drunk from, and I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up keep their own named referent, Israel returned to her own land under the anti-supersessionism ruling, and the book that opened on roaring judgment against the nations closes on the Lord's own oath, saith the Lord thy God.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 14, 15.) Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip with sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it. I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; they shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The bringing again of the captivity of God's Israel, which is here promised, may refer to the cancelling of the ceremonial law, which had been long to God's Israel as a yoke of bondage, and the investing of them in the liberty wherewith Christ came to make his church free, Gal. v. 1 . That the kingdom of the Messiah shall take such deep rooting in the world as never to be rooted out of it (
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8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord G OD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the L ORD . 9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
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And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And I will bring again the captivity of My people - Where all around is spiritual, there is no reason to take this alone as earthly. An earthly restoration to Canaan had no value, except as introductory to the spiritual. The two tribes were, in a great measure, restored to their own land, when Zachariah, being “filled with the Holy Spirit, prophesied,” as then about to accomplished, that “God hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up a horn of salvation to us in the house of His servant David, as He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets - that we, being delivered from the hands of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him” Luk 1:68-70, Luk 1:74-75. So our Lord said; “ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin. If the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed” Joh 8:32, Joh 8:34, Joh 8:36. And Paul, “The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death” Rom 8:2. And they shall build the waste - (Rather “shall build waste”) “cities.” “As they who are freed from captivity and are no longer in fear of the enemy, “build cities and plant vineyards” and gardens,” so shall these unto God. […]
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
that the plowman shall meet the reaper —(Lev.:5) “And your threshing shall overtake the vintage, and the vintage shall overtake the sowing.” They will not finish plowing until the harvest comes, and they will not finish harvesting until the time of sowing comes.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשַׁבְתִּי֮ | veshavti | and I will turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁב֣וּת | shevut | [the] captivity of | H7622 → | |
| עַמִּ֣י | ʾami | people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וּבָנ֞וּ | uvanu | and they will rebuild | H1129 → | 376 times |
| עָרִ֤ים | ʾarim | cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| נְשַׁמּוֹת֙ | neshamot | desolated | H8074 → | |
| וְיָשָׁ֔בוּ | veyashavu | and they will dwell [in them] | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| וְנָטְע֣וּ | venateu | and they will plant | H5193 → | 58 times |
| כְרָמִ֔ים | kheramim | vineyards | H3754 → | 92 times |
| וְשָׁת֖וּ | veshatu | and they will drink | H8354 → | 217 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יֵינָ֑ם | yeinam | wine their | H3196 → | 141 times |
| וְעָשׂ֣וּ | veasu | and they will make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| גַנּ֔וֹת | ganot | gardens | H1593 → | |
| וְאָכְל֖וּ | veakhelu | and they will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פְּרִיהֶֽם׃ | perihem | fruit their | H6529 → | 119 times |
וְשַׁבְתִּי֮and I will turn back
veshavtiH7725 →1056 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁב֣וּת[the] captivity of
shevutH7622 →
עַמִּ֣יpeople my
ʾamiH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וּבָנ֞וּand they will rebuild
uvanuH1129 →376 times
עָרִ֤יםcities
ʾarimH5892 →1090 times
נְשַׁמּוֹת֙desolated
neshamotH8074 →
וְיָשָׁ֔בוּand they will dwell [in them]
veyashavuH3427 →1079 times
וְנָטְע֣וּand they will plant
venateuH5193 →58 times
כְרָמִ֔יםvineyards
kheramimH3754 →92 times
וְשָׁת֖וּand they will drink
veshatuH8354 →217 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יֵינָ֑םwine their
yeinamH3196 →141 times
וְעָשׂ֣וּand they will make
veasuH6213 →2628 times
גַנּ֔וֹתgardens
ganotH1593 →
וְאָכְל֖וּand they will eat
veakheluH398 →810 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
פְּרִיהֶֽם׃fruit their
perihemH6529 →119 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 30:18This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will…
it leads to
- Haggai 2:7–9
I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Psalms 102:13
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
- Jeremiah 30:3
For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to…
- Jeremiah 33:7
I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
- Jeremiah 49:39
“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
- Haggai 2:7–9
Through
Isaiah 61:4They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
it leads to
- Isaiah 58:12
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
- Isaiah 58:12
Through
Ezekiel 28:26And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 28:24
For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord…
- Ezekiel 28:24
Through
Jeremiah 30:3For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 29:14
I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD.…
- Jeremiah 29:14
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jerome, Commentary on Amos; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.