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Amos 9:13-15

King James Version (KJV)

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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, and all the hills shall melt. 14. 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. 15. 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.

Amos 9:13-15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Amos 9:13

Theological / Devotional

Behold, the days come. Verses 13-15 depict in striking language the multitude of blessings that might have come to literal Israel (see on v. 11) but now will come to all who are the true Israel of God (see PK 300).

Plowman shall overtake. The “plowman” will catch up with the “reaper,” because sowing and reaping will follow each other with no break in time. So abundant will be the harvest and the vintage that, figuratively speaking, they cannot be fully gathered before the next plowing and sowing begin.

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