Amos 9:15

9:15 I will plant them on their land

and they will never again be uprooted from the ¹  land I have given them,”

says the Lord your God.

Amos 5:11

5:11 Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops ² 

and exact a grain tax from them,

you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone,

nor will you drink the wine from the fine ³  vineyards you planted. ⁴ 

Amos 9:14

9:14 I will bring back my people, Israel; ⁵ 

they will rebuild the cities lying in rubble ⁶  and settle down. ⁷ 

They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce; ⁸ 

they will grow orchards ⁹  and eat the fruit they produce. ¹⁰ 

[9:15]  ¹ tn Heb “their.” The pronoun was replaced by the English definite article in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[5:11]  ² tn Traditionally, “because you trample on the poor” (cf. KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). The traditional view derives the verb from בּוּס (bus, “to trample”; cf. Isa. 14:25), but more likely it is cognate to an Akkadian verb meaning “to exact an agricultural tax” (see H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena [SBLDS], 49; S. M. Paul, Amos [Hermeneia], 172-73).

[5:11]  ³ tn Or “lovely”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “pleasant”; NAB “choice”; NIV “lush.”

[5:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “Houses of chiseled stone you built, but you will not live in them. Fine vineyards you planted, but you will not drink their wine.”

[9:14]  ³ tn This line can also be translated “I will restore the fortunes of my people, Israel” and is a common idiom (e.g., Deut 30:3; Jer 30:3; Hos 6:11; Zeph 3:20). This rendering is followed by several modern English versions (e.g., NEB, NRSV, NJPS).

[9:14]  ⁴ tn Or “the ruined [or “desolate”] cities.”

[9:14]  ⁵ tn Or “and live [in them].”

[9:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “drink their wine.”

[9:14]  ⁷ tn Or “gardens.”

[9:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “eat their fruit.”