‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
Parallel translations
- WEB ‘After these things I will return. I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up,
- KJV After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
- NKJV ‘Afterthis I will return And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, And I will set it up;
- NASB ‘After these things I will return, And I will rebuild the fallen tabernacle of David, And I will rebuild its ruins, And I will restore it,
- NLT ‘Afterward I will return and restore the fallen house of David. I will rebuild its ruins and restore it,
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Quick answer
He quotes the promise that God will rebuild David's fallen tent. The restoration of David's house opens the way for the nations to come in.
Overview
Citing Amos 9:11-12, James points to God's pledge to restore the Davidic kingdom. This finds fulfillment in Christ, the Son of David, whose reign gathers a renewed people. The rebuilding of David's fallen tent is realized in the church Christ is building, where Gentiles now belong.
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Cross-references · 12
- Amos 9:11–12“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,
- Luke 1:31–33Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
- Ps 89:35–49Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
- Ezek 17:22–24This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
- 1 Kgs 12:16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
- Jer 12:15But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.
- Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Zech 13:8And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.
- Jer 33:24–26“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
- 2 Sam 7:11–16and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
- Matt 1:20–25But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
- Luke 1:69–70He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
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