Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version and I will bring my people Israel back from exile. “They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. New Living Translation I will bring my exiled people of Israel back from distant lands, and they will rebuild their ruined cities and live in them again. They will plant vineyards and gardens; they will eat their crops and drink their wine. English Standard Version I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them. New American Standard Bible “I will also restore the fortunes of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the desolated cities and live in them; They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit. NASB 1995 “Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them; They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit. NASB 1977 “Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them, They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit. Legacy Standard Bible Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the desolated cities and live in them; They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine And make gardens and eat their fruit. Amplified Bible “Also I shall bring back the exiles of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the deserted and ruined cities and inhabit them: They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit. Christian Standard Bible I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel. They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities, plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their produce. Holman Christian Standard Bible I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel. They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities, plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their produce. American Standard Version And I will bring back the captivity of my people 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. Contemporary English Version I'll make Israel prosper again. You will rebuild your towns and live in them. You will drink wine from your own vineyards and eat the fruit you grow. English Revised Version And I will bring again the captivity of my people 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation I will restore my people Israel. They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink the wine from them. They will plant gardens and eat their fruit. Good News Translation I will bring my people back to their land. They will rebuild their ruined cities and live there; they will plant vineyards and drink the wine; they will plant gardens and eat what they grow. International Standard Version I will surely restore my people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards and drink the wine from them. They will plant gardens and eat the fruit from them. Majority Standard Bible 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. NET Bible I will bring back my people, Israel; they will rebuild the cities lying in rubble and settle down. They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce; they will grow orchards and eat the fruit they produce. New Heart English Bible I will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. Webster's Bible Translation 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 of them; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. World English Bible I will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, and eat their fruit. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd I have turned back [to] the captivity of My people Israel, "" And they have built desolate cities, and inhabited, "" And have planted vineyards, and drunk their wine, "" And made gardens, and eaten their fruit. Young's Literal Translation And I have turned back to the captivity of My people Israel, And they have built desolate cities, and inhabited, And have planted vineyards, and drunk their wine, And made gardens, and eaten their fruit. Smith's Literal Translation And I turned back the captivity of my people Israel, and they built the cities laid waste, and they inhabited; and they planted vineyards, and they drank their wine; and they made gardens and ate their fruit. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel: and they shall build the abandoned cities, and inhabit them: and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of them: and shall make gardens, and eat the fruits of them. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will turn back the captivity of my people Israel. And they will rebuild the deserted cities and inhabit them. And they will plant vineyards and drink their wine. And they will create gardens and eat their fruits. New American Bible I will restore my people Israel, they shall rebuild and inhabit their ruined cities, Plant vineyards and drink the wine, set out gardens and eat the fruits. New Revised Standard Version I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the ruined cities and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and drink the wine thereof; they shall also plant gardens and eat the fruit of them. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And I shall return the captivity of my people, Israel, and they shall build the desolate cities, and they shall dwell, and they shall plant vineyards, and they shall drink their wine and they shall plant paradises and they shall eat their fruit OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And I will turn the captivity of My people 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation And I will turn the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities, and shall inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and shall drink the wine from them; and they shall form gardens, and eat the fruit of them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Restoration of Israel…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. 15I 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.… Cross References Jeremiah 30:18 This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place. Ezekiel 36:33-36 This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt. / The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through. / 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.’ ... Isaiah 61:4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations. 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. 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. Isaiah 65:21-22 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. Jeremiah 31:5 Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit. Hosea 14:5-7 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. / His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. / They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon. Psalm 126:5-6 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. / He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain. Isaiah 11:11-12 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. / He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Ezekiel 28:25-26 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob. / And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’” Zephaniah 3:20 At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD. Isaiah 49:19-20 For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away. / Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’ Jeremiah 32:41-42 Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul. / For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them. Micah 4:4 And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken. Treasury of Scripture 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. I will bring. Psalm 53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. Jeremiah 30:3,18 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it… Jeremiah 31:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. build. Isaiah 61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. Isaiah 65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. Jeremiah 30:18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. plant. Amos 5:11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. Isaiah 62:8,9 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: … Ezekiel 28:26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God. Jump to Previous Build Building Built Captivity Changed Cities Desolate Drink Drunk Eat Eaten Exiled Fate Fruit Gardens Inhabit Inhabited Israel Live Plant Planted Planting Rebuild Restore Ruined Thereof Towns Turn Turned Vine-Gardens Vineyards Waste WineJump to Next Build Building Built Captivity Changed Cities Desolate Drink Drunk Eat Eaten Exiled Fate Fruit Gardens Inhabit Inhabited Israel Live Plant Planted Planting Rebuild Restore Ruined Thereof Towns Turn Turned Vine-Gardens Vineyards Waste WineAmos 9 1. The certainty of the desolation.11. The restoring of the tabernacle of David. I will restore My people Israel from captivity; This phrase speaks to the promise of God to bring back the Israelites from exile. Historically, the Northern Kingdom of Israel was taken into captivity by the Assyrians in 722 BC. This restoration is not only physical but also spiritual, indicating a return to covenant faithfulness. Theologically, it reflects God's unchanging commitment to His covenant people, despite their disobedience. This promise of restoration is echoed in other prophetic books such as Jeremiah 30:3 and Ezekiel 37:21, where God assures the return of His people to their land. they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. Persons / Places / Events 1. GodThe sovereign Lord who promises restoration and blessing to His people. 2. Israel The nation chosen by God, often experiencing cycles of judgment and restoration. 3. Captivity Refers to the period of exile and suffering due to Israel's disobedience. 4. Ruined Cities Symbolic of the destruction faced by Israel due to their sins. 5. Vineyards and Gardens Represent prosperity, peace, and the blessings of God. Teaching Points God's Faithfulness in RestorationDespite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains faithful to His promises. He is committed to restoring His people and their land. The Cycle of Judgment and Restoration Israel's history is marked by cycles of sin, judgment, and restoration. This pattern serves as a warning and a hope for believers today. The Blessings of Obedience The promise of vineyards and gardens symbolizes the blessings that come with obedience to God. When we align our lives with His will, we experience His abundance. Hope in Times of Desolation Even in the darkest times, God offers hope. His promise to rebuild and restore is a reminder that He can bring beauty from ashes. Spiritual Rebuilding Just as Israel was called to rebuild physical cities, believers are called to rebuild their spiritual lives, cultivating a fruitful relationship with God.Verse 14. - I will bring again the captivity; i.e. I will repair the misery which they have suffered. The expression is here metaphorical, and does not necessarily refer to any restoration to an earthly Canaan. Shall build the waste cities (Isaiah 54:3). All these promised blessings are in marked contrast to the punishments threatened (Deuteronomy 28:30, 33, 39; compare similar premises in Isaiah 65:21, etc.). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I will restoreוְשַׁבְתִּי֮ (wə·šaḇ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again from captivity שְׁב֣וּת (šə·ḇūṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 7622: Exile, prisoners, a former state of prosperity My people עַמִּ֣י (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Israel; יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc they will rebuild וּבָנ֞וּ (ū·ḇā·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1129: To build and inhabit וְיָשָׁ֔בוּ (wə·yā·šā·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry the ruined נְשַׁמּוֹת֙ (nə·šam·mō·wṯ) Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy cities; עָרִ֤ים (‘ā·rîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement they will plant וְנָטְע֣וּ (wə·nā·ṭə·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant vineyards כְרָמִ֔ים (ḵə·rā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3754: A garden, vineyard and drink וְשָׁת֖וּ (wə·šā·ṯū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8354: To imbibe their wine; יֵינָ֑ם (yê·nām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication they will make וְעָשׂ֣וּ (wə·‘ā·śū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make gardens גַנּ֔וֹת (ḡan·nō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1593: A garden and eat וְאָכְל֖וּ (wə·’ā·ḵə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 398: To eat their fruit. פְּרִיהֶֽם׃ (pə·rî·hem) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6529: Fruit Links Amos 9:14 NIVAmos 9:14 NLT Amos 9:14 ESV Amos 9:14 NASB Amos 9:14 KJV Amos 9:14 BibleApps.com Amos 9:14 Biblia Paralela Amos 9:14 Chinese Bible Amos 9:14 French Bible Amos 9:14 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 9:14 I will bring my people Israel back (Amo. 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