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