Amos 9:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 9:11-15

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 the Amos 9:1-10. The promise here is said to agree to the planting of the Christian church, and in that to be fulfilled, Acts 15:15-17. It is promised, I. That in the Messiah the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:15

And I will plant them upon their land ,.... The land of Israel, as trees are planted; and they shall take root and flourish, and abound with all good things, temporal and spiritual: and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God ; by which it appears that this is a prophecy of things yet to come; since the Jews, upon their return to their own land after the Babylonish captivity, were pulled up again, and rooted out of it by the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:15

I will plant them upon their land - They shall receive a permanent establishment there. And they shall no more be pulled up - Most certainly this prophecy has never yet been fulfilled. They were pulled out by the Assyrian captivity, and by that of Babylon. Many were planted in again, and again pulled out by the Roman conquest and captivity, and were never since planted in, but are now scattered among all the nations of the earth. I conclude, as the word of God cannot fail, and this has... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:15

Verse 15 The Prophet further mentions here a quiet dwellings in the land, for it was not enough for the people to be restored to their country, except they lived there in safety and quietness; for they might soon afterwards have been removed again. It would have been better for them to pine away in exile, than to be restored for the sake, as it were, of sporting with them, and in a short time to be again conquered by their enemies, and to be led away into another country. Therefore the Prophet... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:11-15

Part IV . EPILOGUE . THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW KINGDOM AND THE REIGN OF MESSIAH . THE KINGDOM SHALL EMBRACE ALL NATIONS ( Amos 9:11 , Amos 9:12 ), SHALL BE ENRICHED WITH SUPERABUNDANT SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS ( Amos 9:13 , Amos 9:14 ), AND SHALL ENDURE FOREVER ( Amos 9:15 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:11-15

The restoration of the true moral theocracy. "In 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," etc. In the previous verses we have had to notice the destruction of the sinful kingdom; in this paragraph we have the establishment of the true kingdom—the true moral theocracy. "In that day," i.e. when the judgment has fallen upon the sinful kingdom, and all the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:13-15

Out of the shadow into the sun. Israel's atmosphere has cleared. The thunders are silent. The storms are blown out. The clouds are scattered. The shadow of "the great doom's image" has lifted. And now the sun comes out in the clear shining after rain. We look forth on a new land of promise, a land from which the curse of God and the track of the destroyer have disappeared. The ruins are rebuilt. The waste places bloom. The fields throw teeming crops, beyond the harvester's power to gather.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:13-15

The golden age. Nothing short of inspiration can account for such a close to such a book. Throughout his prophecies Amos has been exposing national sinfulness, threatening Divine chastisement, picturing the degradation, the desolation, the captivity of the kingdoms of Israel and of Judah. How comes it that he is able to transcend this distressing representation? to look beyond these gloomy clouds? to discern, whether far or near, the vision of a smiling earth, a happy people, a splendid... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:15

The blessing shall last forever. They shall no more be pulled up. This was not true of the literal Israel; it must be taken of the spiritual seed, planted in God's land, the Church of Christ, against which the gates of hell shall not prevail. "Lo," says Christ, "I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world" ( Matthew 28:20 ) read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 9:15

And I will plant them upon their own land - The promises and threatenings of God are, to individuals, conditional upon their continuing to be of that character, to which God annexes those promises or threats. Theodoret: “The God of all often promises, when those who receive the promises, by joying in iniquity hinder those promises from taking effect. At times also he threatens heavy things, and they who for their offences were the objects of those threats, being, through fear of them,... read more

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