Amo 9:11-15 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Amos 9:11-15: 9:11-15 As the prophets often did, Amos closes his litany of judgments with a message of hope and restoration. Though Jerusalem and its Temple would be destroyed, David’s line of kings cut off (Ps 89:38-51 ), and its people taken into captivity, God would restore a remnant of Israel (see also Isa 2:2-4 ; 4:2 ; 11:1-5 ). Summary for Amos 9:11-12: 9:11-12 Amos portrays true worship of God as built around the Jerusalem Temple, with a descendant of David ruling over a united kingdom including both Israel and Judah (cp. Isa 9:6-7 ; 11:1-5 ).

Summary for Amos 9:11-15: 9:11-15 ^a As the prophets often did, Amos closes his litany of judgments with a message of hope and restoration. Though Jerusalem and its Temple would be destroyed, David’s line of kings cut off (Ps 89:38-51 ^b), and its people taken into captivity, God would restore a remnant of Israel (see also Isa 2:2-4 ^c; 4:2 ^d; 11:1-5 ^e).
Summary for Amos 9:11-12: 9:11-12 ^f Amos portrays true worship of God as built around the Jerusalem Temple, with a descendant of David ruling over a united kingdom including both Israel and Judah (cp. Isa 9:6-7 ^g; 11:1-5 ^h).
9:12 ⁱ Edom (see 1:11 ^j) represents the enemies of God and of Israel (see Isa 34:5-6 ^k, 11 ^l; 63:1 ^m). In the time of restoration, God’s enemies are subject to his people and to God himself.

• the nations I have called: God promised Abraham that he would be a blessing to all the people of the earth (Gen 12:2-3 ⁿ). God’s kingdom would embrace the outcasts and foreigners previously excluded (Isa 56 ^o; see Acts 8:27-39 ^p).
Summary for Amos 9:13-15: 9:13-15 ^q The coming age would restore the natural harmony lost in Eden (Gen 3 ^r) and would bring a new era of prosperity. 9:13 ^s the hills ... will drip with sweet wine: Amos points poetically to a future time when humans would once again live in harmony with God’s creation.
Summary for Amos 9:14-15: 9:14-15 ^t God promised not to completely destroy his people (9:8 ^u) but to bring the surviving remnant back to the land (see Hos 2:23 ^v).