Amos 9:12
New International Version
so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name,” declares the LORD, who will do these things.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” declares the LORD who does this.

Berean Standard Bible
that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
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.

NASB 1995
That they may possess the remnant of Edom And all the nations who are called by My name,” Declares the LORD who does this.

NASB 1977
That they may possess the remnant of Edom And all the nations who are called by My name,” Declares the LORD who does this.

Legacy Standard Bible
That they may possess the remnant of Edom And all the nations who are called by My name,” Declares Yahweh who does this.

Amplified Bible
That they may possess the remnant of Edom (ancient enemies) And all the nations that are called by My name,” Says the LORD who does this.

Christian Standard Bible
so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name — this is the declaration of the LORD; he will do this.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that are called by My name— this is the LORD’s declaration— He will do this.

American Standard Version
that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, saith Jehovah that doeth this.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
So that the rest of Edom and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called will inherit, says LORD JEHOVAH, who does these things

Brenton Septuagint Translation
that the remnant of men, and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called, may earnestly seek me, saith the Lord who does all these things.

Contemporary English Version
Then you will capture Edom and the other nations that are mine. I, the LORD, have spoken, and my words will come true.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations, because my name is invoked upon them: saith the Lord that doth these things.

English Revised Version
that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They will capture the few survivors of Edom and all the other nations that were under my authority, declares the LORD, who will do these things.

Good News Translation
And so the people of Israel will conquer what is left of the land of Edom and all the nations that were once mine," says the LORD, who will cause this to happen.

International Standard Version
so my people may inherit the remnant of Edom and all of the nations that bear my name," declares the LORD who is bringing this about.

JPS Tanakh 1917
That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the nations, upon whom My name is called, Saith the LORD that doeth this.

Literal Standard Version
So that they possess the remnant of Edom, | And all the nations on whom My Name is called,” | A declaration of YHWH—the doer of this.

Majority Standard Bible
that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.

New American Bible
That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations claimed in my name— oracle of the LORD, the one who does this.

NET Bible
As a result they will conquer those left in Edom and all the nations subject to my rule." The LORD, who is about to do this, is speaking!

New Revised Standard Version
in order that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name, says the LORD who does this.

New Heart English Bible
that the rest of humanity may seek after the LORD, and all the nations who are called by my name," says the LORD who does this.

Webster's Bible Translation
That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, who are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

World English Bible
that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” says Yahweh who does this.

Young's Literal Translation
So that they possess the remnant of Edom, And all the nations on whom My name is called, An affirmation of Jehovah -- doer of this.

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Context
The Restoration of Israel
11“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old, 12that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this. 13“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.…

Cross References
Acts 15:17
so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things

Acts 15:18
that have been known for ages.'

Numbers 24:18
Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.

Isaiah 11:14
They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

Isaiah 43:7
everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made."

Obadiah 1:19
Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.


Treasury of Scripture

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, said the LORD that does this.

possess.

Isaiah 11:14
But 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.

Isaiah 14:1,2
For 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…

Joel 3:8
And 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.

Edom.

Genesis 27:29,37
Let 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…

Numbers 24:17
I 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.

Psalm 60:8
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

which are called by my name.

Isaiah 43:7
Even 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.

Isaiah 63:19
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

Isaiah 65:1
I 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.

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Verse 12. - That they (the true children of Israel) may possess the remnant of Edom; i.e. those who were nearest in blood, and yet most hostile of all men. David had subdued the Edomites (2 Samuel 8:14; 1 Kings 11:16), and Amaziah had inflicted a great slaughter upon them (2 Kings 14:7); but later they recovered their independence (2 Kings 16:6, where "Edomites" should be read for "Syrians;" 2 Chronicles 28:17), and were actively hostile against the Jews. It was on this account that they were emphatically denounced by Obadiah. "The remnant" is mentioned because, according to the threat in Amos 1:11, 12, they would be punished so that only a few would escape. The Septuagint gives ,Ὅπως ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τὼν ἀνθρώπων, [τὸν κύριον, Alexandrian], "That the remnant of men may earnestly seek the Lord," regarding Edom as a representative of aliens from God, and altering the text to make the sense more generally intelligible, This version, which reads "Adam," men, instead of "Edom," is endorsed by St. James. Which are called by my Name; "over whom my Name hath been called" (Septuagint). This is closer to the Hebrew; but the meaning is much the same, viz. all those who are dedicated to God and belong to him being by faith incorporated into the true Israel. (For the phrase, comp. 2 Samuel 12:28; Isaiah 4:1; and to illustrate the idea, refer to Deuteronomy 28:10; Isaiah 44:5; Psalm 87:5, 6.) The Messianic kingdom shall be established in order that salvation may be extended to all hastens who embrace it. Saith the Lord; is the saying of Jehovah. This is added to show the immutability of the promise. The covenant God himself hath predicted it.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
so that
לְמַ֨עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

they may possess
יִֽירְשׁ֜וּ (yî·rə·šū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

the remnant
שְׁאֵרִ֤ית (šə·’ê·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7611: Rest, residue, remnant, remainder

of Edom
אֱדוֹם֙ (’ĕ·ḏō·wm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 123: The name of a condiment

and all
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the nations
הַגּוֹיִ֔ם (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

bear
נִקְרָ֥א (niq·rā)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

My name,”
שְׁמִ֖י (šə·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8034: A name

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5002: An oracle

the LORD,
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

who will do
עֹ֥שֶׂה (‘ō·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

this.
זֹּֽאת׃ (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,


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