Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills, New Living Translation “The time will come,” says the LORD, “when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested. Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel will drip with sweet wine! English Standard Version “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it. Berean Standard Bible “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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version “Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; The mountains shall drip with sweet wine, And all the hills shall flow with it. New American Standard Bible “Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “When the plowman will overtake the reaper, And the one who treads grapes will overtake him who sows the seed; When the mountains will drip grape juice, And all the hills will come apart. NASB 1995 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “When the plowman will overtake the reaper And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; When the mountains will drip sweet wine And all the hills will be dissolved. NASB 1977 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “When the plowman will overtake the reaper And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; When the mountains will drip sweet wine, And all the hills will be dissolved. Legacy Standard Bible “Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “When the plowman will overtake the reaper And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; When the mountains will drip sweet wine And all the hills will melt. Amplified Bible “Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “When the plowman shall overtake the one who gathers the harvest, And the one who treads the grapes [shall overtake] him who sows the seed [for the harvest continues until planting time]; When the mountains will drip sweet wine And all the hills shall melt [that is, everything that was once barren will overflow with streams of blessing]. Christian Standard Bible Look, the days are coming — this is the LORD’s declaration — when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the one who treads grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, and all the hills will flow with it. Holman Christian Standard Bible Hear this! The days are coming— this is the LORD’s declaration— when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the one who treads grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, and all the hills will flow with it. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version You will have such a harvest that you won't be able to bring in all of your wheat before plowing time. You will have grapes left over from season to season; your fruitful vineyards will cover the mountains. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation The days are going to come, declares the LORD, when the one who plows will catch up to the one who harvests, and the one who stomps on grapes will catch up to the one who plants. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills. Good News Translation "The days are coming," says the LORD, "when grain will grow faster than it can be harvested, and grapes will grow faster than the wine can be made. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with it. International Standard Version "Look! The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the one who sows will overtake the harvester and the treader of grapes will overtake the planter. Fresh wine will drip down from the mountains, cascading down from the hills. Majority Standard Bible ?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. NET Bible "Be sure of this, the time is coming," says the LORD, "when the plowman will catch up to the reaper and the one who stomps the grapes will overtake the planter. Juice will run down the slopes, it will flow down all the hillsides. New Heart English Bible "Look, 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “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. Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“Behold, days are coming,” "" A declaration of YHWH, "" “And the plowman has come near to the reaper, "" And the treader of grapes to the scatterer of seed, "" And the mountains have dropped juice, "" And all the hills melt. Young's Literal Translation Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And come nigh hath the ploughman to the reaper, And the treader of grapes to the scatterer of seed, And the mountains have dropped juice, And all the hills do melt. Smith's Literal Translation Behold, the days coming, says Jehovah, the ploughing touched upon the harvesting, and the treading of grapes upon the drawing of the seed; and the mountains dropped new wine, and all the hills shall melt. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBehold the days come, saith the Lord, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed: and the mountains shall drop sweetness, and every hill shall be tilled. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, the days pass, says the Lord, and the plower will overtake the harvester, and the treader of grapes will overtake the sower of seed. And the mountains will drip sweetness, and every hill will be cultivated. New American Bible Yes, days are coming— oracle of the LORD— When the one who plows shall overtake the one who reaps and the vintager, the sower of the seed; The mountains shall drip with the juice of grapes, and all the hills shall run with it. New Revised Standard Version The time is surely coming, says the LORD, when the one who plows shall overtake the one who reaps, and the treader of grapes the one who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBehold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when the threshing floor shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that sows seed; and the mountains shall drop sweetness, and all the hills shall rejoice. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Behold the days are coming, says LORD JEHOVAH, and the gatherer will overtake the granary and the treader of grapes the sower, and the mountains shall emanate sweetness, and all the hills shall be delighted OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Behold, 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when the harvest shall overtake the vintage, and the grapes shall ripen at seedtime; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall be planted. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Restoration of Israel…12that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this. 13“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. 14I 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.… 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. Isaiah 55:12-13 You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. / Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.” Jeremiah 31:12-14 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. / Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow. / I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD. Ezekiel 34:26-27 I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing. / The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them. 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. Deuteronomy 28:11-12 The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. / The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none. Psalm 72:16 May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field. Isaiah 30:23-24 Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures. / The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork. Isaiah 35:1-2 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. / It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. Isaiah 65:21-24 They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. / No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands. / They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them. ... Hosea 2:21-22 “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth. / And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel. Zechariah 8:12 “For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance. Matthew 13:23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.” John 4:35-36 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. / Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. John 15:5 I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. Treasury of Scripture Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that sows seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. plowman. Leviticus 26:5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. Ezekiel 36:35 And 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. Hosea 2:21-23 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; … soweth. Isaiah 35:1,2 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose… Isaiah 55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. Joel 3:18,20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim… sweet wine. Amos 9:5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. Judges 5:5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. Psalm 97:5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. Jump to Previous Crusher Cutting Declares Drip Drop Dropping Flow Grain Grapes Hills Melt Mountains Overtake Planting Ploughman Plowman Reaper Seed Soweth Sows Sweet Treader Treading Turned WineJump to Next Crusher Cutting Declares Drip Drop Dropping Flow Grain Grapes Hills Melt Mountains Overtake Planting Ploughman Plowman Reaper Seed Soweth Sows Sweet Treader Treading Turned WineAmos 9 1. The certainty of the desolation.11. The restoring of the tabernacle of David. “Behold, the days are coming,” This phrase is a prophetic introduction, often used by the prophets to signal a future event ordained by God. The Hebrew word for "behold" is "הִנֵּה" (hinneh), which serves as a call to attention, urging the listener to focus on the significant message that follows. In the context of Amos, a book filled with warnings and judgments, this phrase introduces a shift towards hope and restoration. It is a reminder that God's plans are sovereign and will come to pass in His perfect timing. “declares the LORD,” “when the plowman will overtake the reaper” “and the treader of grapes, him who sows seed.” “The mountains will drip with sweet wine,” “and all the hills will flow with it.” Πηγάς τε ῤήξει γλυκερὰς λευκοῖο γάλακτος One is reminded of the golden age depicted by Virgil in his fourth eclogue. Trochon cites Claudian, 'In Rufin.,' 1:381, etc. - "... nec vomere sulcus adunco Hebrew “Behold,הִנֵּ֨ה (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! the days יָמִ֤ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day are coming, בָּאִים֙ (bā·’îm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the LORD, יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel when the plowman חוֹרֵשׁ֙ (ḥō·w·rêš) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise will overtake וְנִגַּ֤שׁ (wə·nig·gaš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5066: To draw near, approach the reaper בַּקֹּצֵ֔ר (baq·qō·ṣêr) Preposition-b, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest and the treader וְדֹרֵ֥ךְ (wə·ḏō·rêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct Strong's 1869: To tread, to walk, to string a, bow of grapes, עֲנָבִ֖ים (‘ă·nā·ḇîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6025: A grape the sower בְּמֹשֵׁ֣ךְ (bə·mō·šêḵ) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct Strong's 4900: To draw, drag of seed. הַזָּ֑רַע (haz·zā·ra‘) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity The mountains הֶֽהָרִים֙ (he·hā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country will drip וְהִטִּ֤יפוּ (wə·hiṭ·ṭî·p̄ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5197: To ooze, distil gradually, to fall in drops, to speak by inspiration with sweet wine, עָסִ֔יס (‘ā·sîs) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6071: Must, fresh grape-juice with which all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the hills הַגְּבָע֖וֹת (hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1389: A hillock will flow. תִּתְמוֹגַֽגְנָה׃ (tiṯ·mō·w·ḡaḡ·nāh) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 4127: To melt Links Amos 9:13 NIVAmos 9:13 NLT Amos 9:13 ESV Amos 9:13 NASB Amos 9:13 KJV Amos 9:13 BibleApps.com Amos 9:13 Biblia Paralela Amos 9:13 Chinese Bible Amos 9:13 French Bible Amos 9:13 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 9:13 Behold the days come says Yahweh that (Amo. 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