Amos 9:13 BSB — MannaFest

Amos 9:13

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.

BSB

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ASV

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, 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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on Amos (444)

And the mountains drip sweetness. Therefore, the mountains, as it seems, here he calls the churches of Christ, on account of the loftiness of the doctrines in them, and the excellence of their piety towards God, and because the mountains appear to be covered with various plants, while the churches of Christ have countless heads of saints, like cedars and the tallest trees, which are established by the outlets of spiritual waters.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Behold the days come - Here is another promise literally of abundant plenty to the returned captives, and mystically of abundant grace poured forth in gospel-days.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

These had been long confined to the vineyard of the Jewish church; divine revelation, and the power that attended it, were to be found only within that enclosure; but in gospel-times the mountains and hills of the Gentile world shall be enriched with these privileges by the gospel of Christ preached, and professed, and received in the power of it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Behold the days are coming - The Day of the Lord is ever coming on: every act, good or bad, is drawing it on: everything which fills up the measure of iniquity or which “hastens the accomplishment of the number of the elect;” all time hastens it by. “The plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed.” The image is taken from God’s promise in the law; “Your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time” Lev 26:5; which is the order of agriculture.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הִנֵּ֨ה	hi.Neh	here!	H2009 →
יָמִ֤ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
בָּאִים֙	ba.'Im	[are] coming	H935 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְנִגַּ֤שׁ	ve.ni.Gash	and he will approach	H5066 →
חוֹרֵשׁ֙	cho.Resh	[the] plowman	H2790 →
בַּקֹּצֵ֔ר	ba.ko.Tzer	<in> the reaper	H7114 →
וְדֹרֵ֥ךְ	ve.do.Rekh	and [the] treader of	H1869 →
עֲנָבִ֖ים	'a.na.Vim	grapes	H6025 →
בְּמֹשֵׁ֣ךְ	be.mo.Shekh	<in> [the] sower of	H4900 →
הַזָּ֑רַע	ha.Za.ra'	the seed	H2233 →
וְהִטִּ֤יפוּ	ve.hi.Ti.fu	and they will drip	H5197 →
הֶֽהָרִים֙	he.ha.Rim	the mountains	H2022 →
עָסִ֔יס	'a.Sis	sweet wine	H6071 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
הַגְּבָע֖וֹת	ha.ge.va.'ot	the hills	H1389 →
תִּתְמוֹגַֽגְנָה׃	tit.mo.Gag.nah	they will flow with [it]	H4127 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 55:13
Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
leads to
- Ephesians 3:20–21
  Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- 1 Peter 2:9–10
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Isaiah 41:19
  I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Isaiah 61:3
  to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be…
Through
John 4:35
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
leads to
- Luke 10:2–3
  And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.
- Matthew 9:37–38
  Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
Through
Leviticus 26:5
Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.
leads to
- Joel 2:26
  You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to…

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06About Amos

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Amos