Amos 9:13

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¹¹ “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

¹² that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.

¹⁴ I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

¹⁵ I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

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: “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
KJV: 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.
WEB: “Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills.
ASV: Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, 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.
DARBY: Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop new wine, and all the hills shall melt.
BLB: “Behold, the days are coming,” says YHWH, “And the one plowing will draw near to the one reaping, and the one treading the grapes to the one drawing out the seed, and the mountains will drip sweet wine, and all the hills will flow with it.

ÅB: Se, dager kommer, sier Herren, da den som pløyer, skal nå den som høster, og den som trår vindruer, skal nå den som kaster ut sæden, og fjellene skal dryppe av most, og alle haugene skal flyte over.
OTB: «Se, dager kommer,» sier Herren,
«Når pløyeren skal nå igjen høsteren,
Og den som tråkker druer skal nå igjen den som sår frøet;
Når fjellene skal dryppe av søt vin,
Og alle høydene skal gå i oppløsning.
B1930: Se, dager kommer, sier Herren, da den som pløier, skal nå den som høster, og den som trår vindruer, skal nå den som kaster ut sæden, og fjellene skal dryppe av most, og alle haugene skal flyte over.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Joel 3:18
And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
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John 4:35
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
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Leviticus 26:5
Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.
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Isaiah 55:13
Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
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Isaiah 35:1–2
The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
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Ezekiel 36:35
Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’
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Hosea 2:21–23
“On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD— “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.
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Joel 3:20
But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
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