Amos 9
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Book of Amos (5:21–9:15) inLatin inCodex Gigas, made around 13th century.
Book	Book of Amos
Category	Nevi'im
Christian Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Christian part	30

Amos 9 is the ninth and last chapter of theBook of Amos in theHebrew Bible or theOld Testament of theChristianBible.^[1][2] In the Hebrew Bible it is a part of theBook of the Twelve Minor Prophets.^[3][4] This book contains the prophecies attributed to theprophetAmos; in particular, theseventh,eighth, and ninth chapters contain visions and their explanations.^[5]

The original text was written inHebrew.This chapter is divided into 15 verses. Some earlymanuscripts containing the text of this chapter inHebrew are of theMasoretic Text tradition, which includes theCodex Cairensis (895),the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), andCodex Leningradensis (1008).^[6][a]

Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among theDead Sea Scrolls including 4Q82 (4QXII^g; 25 BCE) with extant verses 1, 5–6, 14–15;^[8][9][10] andWadi Murabba'at (MurXII; 75–100 CE) with extant verses 1–15.^[9]

There is also a translation intoKoine Greek known as theSeptuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of theSeptuagint version includeCodex Vaticanus (B;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^B; 4th century),Codex Alexandrinus (A;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^A; 5th century) andCodex Marchalianus (Q;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^Q; 6th century).^[11][b]

Commentator Jennifer Dimes notes a similarity between Amos 9:13-15,Hosea 14:4-8 andJoel 3:18 (Joel 4:18 in Hebrew chapter numbering): in each case there are promises of restoration held out at the end of the words of each prophet.^[13]

For, lo, I will command,

and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations,

like as corn is sifted in a sieve,

yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.^[14]

• "Sift": The Israelites were to be tossed about through all nations as corn is shaken about in a sieve, in such a way that while the chaff and dust (the wicked) fall through (perish), all the solid grains (the godly elect) remain (are preserved), (Romans 11:26;Jeremiah 3:14). So spiritual Israel's final safety is ensured (Luke 22:32;John 10:28;6:39).^[5]

[The Lord says:]"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:"^[15]

This verse is quoted in theNew Testament byJames, brother of Jesus (Acts 15:16, 27) (mostly from the Greek translation) to confirm that the Church of God is open to all people, Jews or Gentiles.^[16]

• "Thetabernacle": (Hebrew:sukkah) or "hut", "tent" (asJonah 4:5); a "little house" (Amos 6:11).^[16]
• "Fallen...breaches...ruins" In theTalmud, the Messiah (in Greek: "Christ") is called "the Son of the fallen."^[16] Amos heaps upon one another the words implying destruction, referring to the fall of David's kingdom into ruins by the Chaldeans, but the fallen "hut of David" will be "raised up", "'their (feminine form)' breaches" will be "closed up" (literally "walled up") and "'his' ruins" will be "built" up by God "that 'they' (masculine form; verse 12) may inherit".^[16][17] Using a variety of numbers and genders, this verse and the next one speak of one living whole, the 'Jewish Church', that once was "breached" in two by the great schism of Jeroboam, but will be reunited into one body, "as in the days of old", before the separation of the ten tribes, when all Israel worshiped as one.^[17] Interpreted spiritually, it foreshadows the rising of the universal Church of Christ from that of the Jews.^[16]

"that they may possess the remnant of Edom

and all the nations who are called by my name,"

declares the Lord who does this.^[18]

• "Edom" fromאֱדוֹם֙,Septuagint renders it as "mankind" (cf.Acts 15:17).^[19]

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.^[20]

• "And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel": This does not refer to the captivity of the Jews in Babylon, or the disposition by the Romans, when the Jews were dispersed among the nations again; but the captivity both of Judah and Israel that the Jews will be brought back, and delivered from it, to return to their own land, and possess it as long as it is a land; seeJeremiah 30:39; as well as be freed from the bondage of Satan and the law, under which they have been detained some hundreds of years; but now shall be delivered into the glorious liberty of the children of God.^[21]
• "build the waste cities": (Isaiah 61:4;Ezekiel 36:33–36).^[5]

• RelatedBible parts:Amos 2,Amos 7,Amos 8,Acts 15

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• Fitzmyer, Joseph A. (2008).A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.ISBN 9780802862419.
• Hayes, Christine (2015).Introduction to the Bible. Yale University Press.ISBN 978-0300188271.
• Ulrich, Eugene, ed. (2010).The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants. Brill.
• Würthwein, Ernst (1995).The Text of the Old Testament. Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans.ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. RetrievedJanuary 26, 2019.

• Amos 9 Hebrew with Parallel English
• Amos 9 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary

• Amos 9 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate

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