Amos 9:12

The stranger and outcast Witness and mission

¹⁰ All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

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:

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, 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.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
KJV: 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.
WEB: that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” says the LORD who does this.
ASV: that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, saith Jehovah that doeth this.
DARBY: that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations upon whom my name is called, saith Jehovah who doeth this.
BLB: so that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all of the nations that My name is called over them,” a declaration of YHWH, the One doing this.

ÅB: så at de får ta i eie det som er igjen av Edom, og alle de hedningefolk som kalles med mitt navn, sier Herren, han som gjør dette.
OTB: Slik at de kan arve resten av Edom
Og alle nasjonene som bærer mitt navn,»
Sier Herren som fullfører dette.
B1930: så at de får ta i eie det som er igjen av Edom, og alle de hedningefolk som kalles med mitt navn, sier Herren, han som gjør dette.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 43:7
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
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Isaiah 65:1
I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
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Acts 15:17
That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
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Jeremiah 14:9
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
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Isaiah 63:19
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
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Daniel 9:18–19
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
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Isaiah 14:1–2
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
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Numbers 24:17–18
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
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