SUMMARY
God will spare a few innocent Israelites – “as grain through a sieve” and then “raise up the fallen tent of DavidSecond king of Israel, David united the northern and southern kingdoms. More.”
ANALYSIS
At the end of a long book of prophetic condemnation of Israelite refusal to return or repentRepentance is a central biblical teaching. All people are sinful and God desires that all people repent of their sins. The Hebrew word for repent means to "turn away" from sin. The Greek word for repentance means to "change on'e mind," more specifically, it means... More, God and AmosProphet to the northern kingdom who condemned Israel's oppression of the poor, calling for justice to "roll down like waters." More offer hope. God promises to not totally eliminate the house of JacobThe son of Isaac and Rebekah, renamed Israel, became the father of the twelve tribal families. More. God will restore the fallen tent of David, and they will go on to possess Edom (Amos 9:8, 11-12).
With the Israelites facing exile, God makes the prophetic promise that one day they will be planted in their land, never to be uprooted again (9:15). The closing agricultural metaphor [of course, for Amos the shepherd and fruit harvester] is that the plowman will overtake the reaper. The planting season will last until harvest time, and the harvest will last until it is time to plant again, in the fulfillment of the Levitical promise for obedience (Leviticus 26:5-6).
