Amos 9:14 (DBY)

Passage

And I will turn 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; and they shall make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Nearby Context

Amos 9:12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations upon whom my name is called, saith Jehovah who doeth this.

Amos 9:13 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.

Amos 9:14 And I will turn 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; and they shall 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 plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith Jehovah thy God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "turn", "again", "captivity", "people", "israel", "shall", "build", and "waste". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "turn" 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 Jehovah when..." into verse 15's "And I will plant them upon their...", so "turn" 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 "turn" and "again" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.