I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.
- KJV And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
- NKJV I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled up From the land I have given them,” Says the Lord your God.
- NASB “I will also plant them on their land, And they will not be uprooted again from their land Which I have given them,” Says the Lord your God.
- NLT I will firmly plant them there in their own land. They will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the Lord your God.
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Quick answer
God promises to plant His people permanently in their land, never to be uprooted again. It seals the book with the assurance of God's unbreakable covenant faithfulness.
Overview
Amos ends on a note of secure and final restoration: God Himself will 'plant' His people so that they can never again be torn away. The closing words, 'says Yahweh your God,' ground this hope in the covenant relationship rather than in Israel's merit. Its ultimate fulfillment is in Christ, who secures for His people an inheritance that cannot be shaken or taken away (Hebrews 12:28; 1 Peter 1:4).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Jer 24:6I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Ezek 37:25They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
- Isa 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
- Ezek 34:28They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.
- Joel 3:20But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
- Jer 32:41Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
- Mic 4:4And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
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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.
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