Amos 9:14

I will bring back from captivity my people Israel. 1 They will build the ruined cities and inhabit them, 1 they will plant vineyards and drink their wine, 1 and they will make gardens and eat their fruit. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13Look, the days will come—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 when the plowman will overtake the reaper, 1 and the treader of grapes will overtake him who plants seed. 1 The mountains will drip sweet wine, 1 and all the hills will flow with it. 1

15I will plant them upon their land, 1 and they will never again be uprooted from the land 1 that I have given them,” 1 says Yahweh your God.

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Cross References

Isaiah 61:4They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the former desolations. 1 They will restore the ruined cities, the desolations from many former generations. 1

Isaiah 65:21They will build houses and inhabit them, and they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 1

Jeremiah 29:14Then I will be found by you—this is Yahweh's declaration—and I will bring back your fortunes; I will gather you from all the nations and places where I scattered you—this is Yahweh's declaration—for I will bring you back to the place from where I caused you to be exiled.'

Jeremiah 30:18Yahweh says this, “See, I am about to bring back the fortunes of Jacob's tents and have compassion on his homes. 1 Then a city will be built on the heap of ruins, and a stronghold will exist again where it used to be. 1

Jeremiah 31:28In the past, I kept them under surveillance in order to uproot them and to tear them down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring them harm. But in the coming days, I will watch over them, in order to build them up and to plant them—this is Yahweh's declaration.

Jeremiah 33:7For I will bring back the fortunes of Judah and Israel; I will build them up as in the beginning.

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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