Amos 9:14

And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build waste cities, and inhabit [them], and plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof, and lay out gardens, and eat the fruit thereof:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

13Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, that, the plowman, shall overtake, the reaper, and, he that treadeth out the grapes, him that traileth the seed,—so shall, the mountains, drip sweet wine, and, all the hills, shall melt;

15So will I plant them upon their own soil,—and will not uproot them any more from off their own soil, which I have given to them, saith Yahweh thy God.

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Cross References

Isaiah 61:4Then shall they build the wastes of a bygone age, The desolations of former times, shall they raise up,—And they shall build anew—The cities laid waste, The desolations of generation after generation.

Isaiah 65:21Then shall they build houses and dwell in them,—And plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them;

Jeremiah 29:14And I will be found of you, Declareth Yahweh, And will turn back your captivity, And will gather you out of all the nations and out of all the places whither I have driven you, Declareth Yahweh, And will bring you back into the place whence I had caused you to be carried away captive:

Jeremiah 30:18Thus, saith Yahweh—Behold me! bringing back the captivity of the tents of Jacob, And on his habitations, will I have compassion,—So shall the city be built, upon her own mound, And the citadel, upon its own site, shall remain:

Jeremiah 31:28And it shall come to pass, that—Just as I watched over them, to root up and to break down and to tear out and to destroy, and to break in pieces, So, will I watch over them, to build and to plant, Declareth Yahweh.

Jeremiah 33:7And I will bring back Them of the captivity of Judah, and Them of the captivity of Israel,—And I will build them, as at the first;

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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