Amos 9:13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.
14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 I will plant them on their land,
and they shall never again be uprooted
out of the land that I have given them,”
As we have seen in the other Minor Prophets, in the midst of the calls for judgment, there is also a ray of hope in the future. As we saw yesterday, leading up to the destruction of Israel there would be great drought and famine. But later there is a time of restoration. The descriptions here are as if the harvest is so swift and abundant that it is a constant flow - there is never a time when there is not something to harvest - the inhabitants will never go without bountiful supply of food and drink. Obviously, this is a scenario yet to come: it is a perfect situation, where God's blessings are endless and complete, because He is present.
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