Amos 9:15
in Amos 9I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
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ASV
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith Jehovah thy God.
KJV
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.
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This verse in Amos 9
Commentary
10 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And I will plant them upon their own land - The promises and threatenings of God are, to individuals, conditional upon their continuing to be of that character, to which God annexes those promises or threats. Theodoret: “The God of all often promises, when those who receive the promises, by joying in iniquity hinder those promises from taking effect.
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 Fathers2 voices
And that the God of all has restored our captivity, no one would doubt. For Christ proclaimed "release to the captives," and He rescued from the greed of the devil the whole world under heaven. Then indeed, then, like farmers, we became caretakers of all the spiritual fruitfulness, we planted gardens and vineyards, and we shall eat their fruit. For we shall receive the rewards for our labors, and we shall also gather the fruits of equity.
(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
Pulled up - On condition that they seek the Lord. This was on God's part with admirable constancy performed through six hundred years, perhaps the longest time of freedom from captivity they ever knew.
Two things secure the perpetuity of the church:-- 1. God's grants to it: It is the land which I have given them; and God will confirm and maintain his own grants. The part he has given to his people is that good part which shall never be taken from them; he will not revoke his grant, and all the powers of earth and hell shall not invalidate it.
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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3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And I will plant them upon their land,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
plant them . . . no more be pulled up-- (Jer 32:41). thy God--Israel's; this is the ground of their restoration, God's original choice of them as His.
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I will plant them upon their land - They shall receive a permanent establishment there. And they shall no more be pulled up - Most certainly this prophecy has never yet been fulfilled. They were pulled out by the Assyrian captivity, and by that of Babylon. Many were planted in again, and again pulled out by the Roman conquest and captivity, and were never since planted in, but are now scattered among all the nations of the earth. I conclude, as the word of God cannot fail, and this has not yet been fulfilled, it therefore follows that it will and must be fulfilled to the fullness of its spirit and intention. And this is established by the conclusion: “Saith the Lord thy God.” He is Jehovah, and cannot fail; he is Thy God, and will do it. He can do it, because he is Jehovah; and he will do it, because he is Thy God. Amen.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּנְטַעְתִּ֖ים | uneta'tim | and I will plant them | H5193 → | 58 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אַדְמָתָ֑ם | ʾadmatam | own land their | H127 → | 225 times |
| וְלֹ֨א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִנָּתְשׁ֜וּ | yinateshu | they will be plucked up | H5428 → | |
| ע֗וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| מֵעַ֤ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אַדְמָתָם֙ | ʾadmatam | land their | H127 → | 225 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָתַ֣תִּי | natati | I have given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶ֔ם | lahem | to them | ||
| אָמַ֖ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
וּנְטַעְתִּ֖יםand I will plant them
uneta'timH5193 →58 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אַדְמָתָ֑םown land their
ʾadmatamH127 →225 times
וְלֹ֨אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יִנָּתְשׁ֜וּthey will be plucked up
yinateshuH5428 →
ע֗וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
מֵעַ֤לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
אַדְמָתָם֙land their
ʾadmatamH127 →225 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָתַ֣תִּיI have given
natatiH5414 →2011 times
לָהֶ֔םto them
lahem
אָמַ֖רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃God your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 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 24:6I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 42:10
‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster…
- Jeremiah 29:10
For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
- Jeremiah 33:7
I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
- Jeremiah 32:41
Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
- Jeremiah 12:15
But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.
- Jeremiah 42:10
Through
Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
it leads to
- Matthew 15:13
But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
- Psalms 37:22
Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
- Psalms 37:11
But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
- Matthew 15:13
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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); Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on Amos; Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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.