Amos 9:13

Listen! The days are coming, says the Lord, when the harvest is too big to reap before it is time to plow, when the grapes cannot be all trod before it is time to sow, when the mountains will run with sweet wine, and every hill will flow with it.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12They will possess again the rest of Edom, and all the nations which once you ruled for me, says the Lord, who will do this.

14I will bring back my people Israel, they will rebuild waste cities and inhabit them, plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their fruit.

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Cross References

Psalms 97:5Mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth.

Hosea 2:21On that day I will answer – declares the Lord, I will answer the empty skies, and they will answer the dry earth.

Joel 3:20Judah will remain inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

John 4:35Don’t you say that it still wants four months to harvest? Why, look up, and see how white the fields are for harvest!

Matthew Henry on Amos 9:12-15

Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 784.) 11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this. 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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