Amos 9:14

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. THEY SHALL BUILD THE WASTE CITIES - (, "They shall build the old wastes, and they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations;" , "They shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. Then the pagan that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it")....

As the prophecy we have noticed was one difficult to be believed, especially when the people were led away into exile, the Prophet comes to the help of this lack of faith, and shows that this would be no hindrance to God to lead his people to the felicity of which he speaks. These things seem indeed to be quite contrary, the one to the other, — that the people, spoiled of all dignity, should be driven to a far country to live in miserable exile, and that they should also be scattered into various parts and oppressed by base tyranny; — and that at the same time a most flourishing condition should be promised them, and that such an extension of their kingdom should be promised them, as had never been previously witnessed. Lest then their present calamities should fill their minds with fear and bind them fast in despair; he says that the Israelites shall return from exile, not indeed all; b...

11-15 Christ died to gather together the children of God that were scattered abroad, here said to be those who were called by his name. The Lord saith this, who doeth this, who can do it, who has determined to do it, the power of whose grace is engaged for doing it. Verses Amos 9:13 may refer to the early times of Christianity, but will receive a more glorious fulfilment in the events which all the prophets more or less foretold, and may be understood of the happy state when the fulness both of the Jews and the Gentiles come into the church. Let us continue earnest in prayer for the fulfilment of these prophecies, in the peace, purity, and the beauty of the church. God marvellously preserves his elect amidst the most fearful confusions and miseries. When all seems desperate, he wonderfully revives his church, and blesses her with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. And great shall...

Verse Amos 9:14. _THEY SHALL PLANT VINEYARDS, AND DRINK THE WINE_] When threatened with _great evils_, Amos 5:11, it is said, "They shall plant pleasant vineyards but shall not drink the wine of them." _Previously_ to their _restoration_, they shall labour for _others;_ _after_ their restoration, they shall labour for _themselves_....

AND I WILL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF MY PEOPLE - Where all around is spiritual, there is no reason to take this alone as earthly. An earthly restoration to Canaan had no value, except as introductory to the spiritual. The two tribes were, in a great measure, restored to their own land, when Zachariah, being “filled with the Holy Spirit, prophesied,” as then about to accomplished, that “God hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up a horn of salvation to us in the house of His servant David, as He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets - that we, being delivered from the hands of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him” Luke 1:68, Luke 1:74. So our Lord said; “ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Whoso

EXPOSITION AMOS 9:1 § 6_. The fifth vision displays the Lord standing by the altar and _commanding the destruction of the temple (Amos 9:1). No one shall escape this judgment, flee whither he will (Amos 9:2); for God is Almighty (Amos 9:5, Amos 9:6). Their election shall not save the guilty Israelites; still they shall not be utterly destroyed (Amos 9:7). AMOS 9:1...

AND I WILL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF MY PEOPLE OF ISRAEL,.... Which is not to be understood of the captivity of the Jews in Babylon, and their return from thence, with whom some of the ten tribes of Israel were mixed; for they were not then so planted in their own land as no more to be pulled up again, as is here promised; for they afterwards were dispossessed of it by the Romans, and carried captive, and dispersed among the nations again; but the captivity both of Judah and Israel is meant, their present captivity, which will be brought back, and they will be delivered from it, and return to their own land, and possess it as long as it is a land; see Jeremiah 30:3; as well as be freed from the bondage of sit, Satan, and the law, under which they have been detained some hundreds of years; but now shall be delivered into the glorious liberty of the children of God, of Christians, with...

CHAPTER 9 The Passing of a Kingdom and the Coming of the Kingdom _ 1. The fifth vision: The passing of a kingdom (Amos 9:1) _ 2. The coming of the kingdom (Amos 9:11) Amos 9:1. In his fifth vision the prophet saw the Lord standing by the altar. He utters His word. The description of what is to take place is very vivid. He stands by the altar and the people are assembled before Him. He smites the lintel of the door, so that everything trembles and the building falls upon them, cutting all of them in the head and none can escape. Even if they break into sheol (not hell, but the world of spirits in the unknown regions), from thence His hand will take them; if they climb into heaven, He would bring them down. If t

THE RESTORATION OF GOD'S PEOPLE. This section is probably a post-exilic appendix to the book. The point of view has changed, the fate of Israel being quite different from that contemplated in the rest of the book, and the ideas reflecting the mind of a much later Jewish community. Yahweh will destroy, but He will not utterly destroy (_cf._ end of Amos 9:8, if genuine). Israel must be sifted and scattered among the nations (Amos 9:9). But it shall be like the sifting of corn in a sieve. The chaff is scattered, but the compact grains (rather than least grain) remain. The guilty indeed must suffer (Amos 9:10), and it is useless to say Disaster shall not touch or befall us (so translate with Kent). But for the faithful remnant a glorious day

I WILL BRING AGAIN. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 30:5). App-92. Compare Amos 5:11.Psalms 53:6; Jeremiah 30:3; Jeremiah 30:18; Jeremiah 31:23.Ezekiel 16:53; Ezekiel 39:25.Joel 3:1;...