Amos 9:14 (WEB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Amos 9:12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations who are called by my name,” says Yahweh who does this.

Amos 9:13 “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.

Amos 9:14 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.

Amos 9:15 I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bring", "people", "israel", "back", "captivity", "rebuild", "ruined", and "cities". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bring" and "people", 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 says Yahweh that..." into verse 15's "I will plant them on their land...", so "bring" and "people" 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 "people" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.