Matthew Poole and continuators on Amos 9:14

14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel , and they shall build the waste cities , and inhabit them , and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof ; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them .

Cyrus was the person who proclaimed liberty of return to captive Israel, but God stir'd up his Spirit to do this, and it was Gods eminent work; he was seen in it, as Psal. 126.3, 4.

Of those Salmaneser carried captive and those Nebuchadnezzar carried captive, both falling under the disposal of Cyrus by his conquest over Babylon; by which means Israel, the remnant of the Ten Tribes, as well as the Two Tribes had leave to return.

Of Iudah and of Israel too, as well as Ierusalem, many of which we meet with in the latter Histories of the Iews and their wars.

So they did from the time of their return till the Roman captivity, and were not by the space of 600 years pull'd out of their habitation.

Be blest in the increase of them and enjoy it, freed from that Curse, Deut. 28.39.

These planted for delight should be blessed too, both Vineyards and Gardens should be fruitful, and they that planted them should dwell in their houses safely, and eat the fruit of them.

What is contained in this Verse is an express promise of a Return to Captive Israel, and it is an implicit stating of the time when those former promises ver. 11, 12, 13. should be fulfilled.

Marginal references: Isa. 65.22.