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Amos 9:12 KJV
Amos · chapter 9 · verse 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 9:12 · King James Version
Amos 9:12 in context
10All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
11In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
12That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
13Behold, 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.
14And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- possessyârashto occupyH3423 →
- remnantshᵉʼêrîytha remainder or residual portionH7611 →
- heathengôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- EdomʼĔdômEdom, the elder twin-brother of JacobH123 →
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To him to whom all the prophets bear witness this prophet, here in the close, bears his testimony, and speaks of that day, those days that shall come, in which God will do great things for his church, by the setting up of the kingdom of the Messiah, for the rejecting of which the rejection of the Jews was foretold in…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-15