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Amos 9:13

Amos 9:13
Behold, 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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,.... Or "are coming" (y); and which will commence upon the accomplishment of the above things, when the church of Christ is raised up and established, the Jews…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Behold the days are coming - The Day of the Lord is ever coming on: every act, good or bad, is drawing it on: everything which fills up the measure of iniquity or which “hastens the accomplishment of…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The ploughman shall overtake the reaper - All the seasons shall succeed in due and natural order: but the crops shall be so copious in the fields and in the vineyards, that a long time shall be…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

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,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Amos 9:13-15

The prosperity and happiness to be enjoyed by Israel upon its own land in the future.