Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Amos 9:15
I will plant, or settle them, as trees that are well rooted, upon their land, by ancient gift, and by late restitution to it by the Lord. They shall no more be pulled up by the violence of their enemies which promise is an implicit condition that they seek, and not forsake the Lord, and was on God’s part with admirable constancy and patience to that sinful nation performed through six hundred years, perhaps the longest time of freedom from captivity they ever knew. Which I have given, of free... read more
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:1-15
Amos 9:9-Ezra : . The Restoration of God’ s People.— This section is probably a post-exilic appendix to the book. The point of view has changed, the fate of Israel being quite different from that contemplated in the rest of the book, and the ideas reflecting the mind of a much later Jewish community.Yahweh will destroy, but He will not utterly destroy ( cf. end of Amos 9:8, if genuine). Israel must be sifted and scattered among the nations ( Amos 9:9). But it shall be like the sifting of... read more