Reference

Amos 9:13

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
11

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

12

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.

13

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

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.

15

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.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Symbolic / Non-Fermented Wine

The verse explicitly mentions "sweet wine" (tirosh), which in other biblical contexts can refer to unfermented grape juice. However, the phrase "mountains shall drop sweet wine" is a clear metaphor for abundance and blessing, not a literal description of the physical properties or fermentation status of wine. The tag "Symbolic / Non-Fermented Wine" attempts to interpret the *meaning* of the wine in this verse through a specific lens (non-fermented), but the primary symbolic function here is abun