Amos 9:14 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Amos 9:12 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.

Amos 9:13 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.

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.

Amos 9:15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bring", "again", "captivity", "people", "israel", "shall", "build", and "waste". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bring" and "again", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Behold the days come saith the LORD..." into verse 15's "And I will plant them upon their...", so "bring" and "again" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "bring" and "again" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.