KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
WEB World English Bible
“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills.
ASV American Standard Version
Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Amos 9
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
11 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:
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.
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.
14 And 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.
15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
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הִנֵּ֨הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdיָמִ֤יםH3117 · yomdayבָּאִים֙H935 · boto come (in): comeנְאֻם־H5002 · ne.umutteranceיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְנִגַּ֤שׁH5066 · na.gashto approach: approachחוֹרֵשׁ֙H2790 · cha.rashto plow/plotבַּקֹּצֵ֔רH7114 · qa.tserbe shortוְדֹרֵ֥ךְH1869 · da.rakhto treadעֲנָבִ֖יםH6025 · e.navgrapeבְּמֹשֵׁ֣ךְH4900 · ma.shakhto drawהַזָּ֑רַעH2233 · ze.raseedוְהִטִּ֤יפוּH5197 · na.taphto drip/prophesyהֶֽהָרִים֙H2022 · harmountain: mountעָסִ֔יסH6071 · a.sissweetוְכָל־H3605 · kolallהַגְּבָע֖וֹתH1389 · giv.ahGibeath-(elohim)תִּתְמוֹגַֽגְנָה׃H4127 · mugto melt
Cross-references
Joel 3:18And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.John 4:35Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [then] cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.Leviticus 26:5And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.Isaiah 55:13Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign [that] shall not be cut off.Isaiah 35:1-2The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.Hosea 2:21-23And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;Ezekiel 36:35And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities [are become] fenced, [and] are inhabited.Joel 3:20But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.Judges 5:5The mountains melted from before the LORD, [even] that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.Psalm 97:5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.Amos 9:5And the Lord GOD of hosts [is] he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as [by] the flood of Egypt.
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