9:1 I saw the sovereign One standing by the altar and he said, “Strike the tops of the support pillars, so the thresholds shake!
Knock them down on the heads of all the people,
and I will kill the survivors with the sword.
No one will be able to run away;
no one will be able to escape.
9:2 Even if they could dig down into the netherworld,
my hand would pull them up from there.
Even if they could climb up to heaven,
I would drag them down from there.
9:3 Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel,
I would hunt them down and take them from there.
Even if they tried to hide from me at the bottom of the sea,
from there I would command the Sea Serpent to bite them.
9:4 Even when their enemies drive them into captivity,
from there I will command the sword to kill them.
I will not let them out of my sight;
they will experience disaster, not prosperity.”
9:5 The sovereign LORD who commands armies will do this.
He touches the earth and it dissolves;
all who live on it mourn.
The whole earth rises like the River Nile,
and then grows calm like the Nile in Egypt.
9:6 He builds the upper rooms of his palace in heaven
and sets its foundation supports on the earth.
He summons the water of the sea
and pours it out on the earth’s surface.
The LORD is his name.
9:7 “You Israelites are just like the Ethiopians in my sight,” says the LORD.
“Certainly I brought Israel up from the land of Egypt,
but I also brought the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir.

‘The confession that the Lord “brought Israel up from the land of Egypt” was an essential credo of the people’s faith (Lev 11:45, Deut 20:1, Judg 6:13, Mic 6:4). Amos says that Israel’s proud tradition of the exodus was not unique: The Lord had been at work in the same way in the histories of other nations—even Israel’s enemies. The Philistines in this period remained one of Israel’s rivals and competitors to the south (2 Kgs 18:8); the Arameans played this same role in the north (13:22, 15:37, 16:5). Caphtor and Kir are known from other sources as the places where these nations originated; Amos says that the Lord has brought them all to the Levant.’ (C. Hays, The Widening of God’s Mercy)

9:8 Look, the sovereign LORD is watching the sinful nation,
and I will destroy it from the face of the earth.
But I will not completely destroy the family of Jacob,” says the LORD.
9:9 “For look, I am giving a command
and I will shake the family of Israel together with all the nations.
It will resemble a sieve being shaken,
when not even a pebble falls to the ground.
9:10 All the sinners among my people will die by the sword—
the ones who say, ‘Disaster will not come near, it will not confront us.’

The Restoration of the Davidic Dynasty, 11-15

9:11 “In that day I will rebuild the collapsing hut of David.
I will seal its gaps,
repair its ruins,
and restore it to what it was like in days gone by.
9:12 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!
9:13 “Be sure of this, the time is coming,” says the LORD,
“when the plowman will catch up to the reaper
and the one who stomps the grapes will overtake the planter.
Juice will run down the slopes,
it will flow down all the hillsides.
9:14 I will bring back my people, Israel;
they will rebuild the cities lying in rubble and settle down.
They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce;
they will grow orchards and eat the fruit they produce.
9:15 I will plant them on their land
and they will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them,”
says the LORD your God.

13-15 – For dispensationalists like Ryrie (Study Bible), these verses describe the Millennial kingdom, which:

‘will be characterized by fertility (v. 13), prosperity (v. 14), and security (v. 15), with Israel permanently possessing the land promised in Gen. 15:18–21.’