12. so that they may possess the remnant of Edomand all the nations that bear my name,’declares the Lord, who will do these things.
13. ‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord,‘when the reaper will be overtaken by the ploughmanand the planter by the one treading grapes.New wine will drip from the mountainsand flow from all the hills,
14. and I will bring my people Israel back from exile.‘They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them.They will plant vineyards and drink their wine;they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
15. I will plant Israel in their own land,never again to be uprootedfrom the land I have given them,’says the Lord your God.Footnotes for the Book of Amosa 2 Or of her citiesb 4 Or by liesc 4 Or liesa 2 Or away in baskets, / the last of you in fish basketsb 3 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew (see Septuagint) out, you mountain of oppressionc 4 Or daysa 10 Or to make a funeral fire in honour of the deadb 12 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text plough therec 13 Lo Debar means nothing.d 13 Karnaim means horns; horn here symbolises strength.a 3 Or ‘the temple singers will wailb 14 Hebrew the way