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That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
Amos 9:12 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations who are called by my name,” says Yahweh who does this.
  • BSB that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
  • NKJV That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,” Says the Lord who does this thing.
  • NASB So that they may possess the remnant of Edom And all the nations who are called by My name,” Declares the Lord who does this.
  • NLT And Israel will possess what is left of Edom and all the nations I have called to be mine.” The Lord has spoken, and he will do these things.

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Quick answer

The restored house of David will possess Edom's remnant and all nations called by God's name. It foreshadows the ingathering of the Gentiles into God's people.

Overview

Edom, Israel's ancient adversary, here represents the surrounding nations brought under the rule of David's restored kingdom. The phrase 'all the nations who are called by my name' signals that God's saving purpose reaches beyond Israel. James quotes this at the Jerusalem council (Acts 15:17) to confirm that Gentiles coming to faith in Christ fulfill this promise without first becoming Jews, for in the Messiah the nations themselves are claimed as God's own.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 16

  • Isa 43:7Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
  • Isa 65:1I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
  • Acts 15:17That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
  • Isa 63:19We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
  • Jer 14:9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
  • Dan 9:18–19O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
  • Num 24:17–18I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
  • Isa 14:1–2For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
  • Ps 60:8Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
  • Joel 3:8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
  • Isa 11:14But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
  • Mal 1:4Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
  • Jer 15:16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
  • Gen 27:29Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
  • Gen 27:37And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
  • Obad 1:18–21And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.

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Christ at the center

Amid judgment on injustice, Amos promises the raising up of David's fallen tent — read by James in Acts 15 as the ingathering of the nations into the kingdom of the risen Christ.

How Amos 9:12 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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