Amos 9:14 (YLT)

Passage

And I have turned back <FI>to<Fi> 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.

Nearby Context

Amos 9:12 So that they possess the remnant of Edom, And all the nations on whom My name is called, An affirmation of Jehovah--doer of this.

Amos 9:13 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.

Amos 9:14 And I have turned back <FI>to<Fi> 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.

Amos 9:15 And I have planted them on their own ground, And they are not plucked up any more from off their own ground, That I have given to them, said Jehovah thy God!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "turned", "back", "captivity", "people", "israel", "built", "desolate", and "cities". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "turned" and "back", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Lo days are coming--an affirmation of Jehovah..." into verse 15's "And I have planted them on their...", so "turned" and "back" 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 "turned" and "back" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.