“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,
Parallel translations
- WEB In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
- KJV 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:
- NKJV “Onthat day I will raise up The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old;
- NASB ¶“On that day I will raise up the fallen shelter of David, And wall up its gaps; I will also raise up its ruins And rebuild it as in the days of old;
- NLT “In that day I will restore the fallen house of David. I will repair its damaged walls. From the ruins I will rebuild it and restore its former glory.
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Quick answer
After judgment, God promises to restore the fallen dynasty of David, rebuilding what lay in ruins. It signals that God's covenant purposes for David's house will not finally fail.
Overview
The book's tone turns abruptly from judgment to hope: God will raise up the collapsed 'tent of David,' repairing its breaches and restoring it as in former days. This points beyond the political kingdom to the messianic line, the everlasting throne promised in 2 Samuel 7. James cites this verse at the Jerusalem council (Acts 15:16-17) to show that in Christ, the risen Son of David, the rebuilt house of David is established and opened to the nations.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 27
- Acts 15:15–17The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:
- Jer 33:14–16Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
- Isa 16:5in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
- Jer 23:5–6Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Ps 80:12Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
- Ezek 17:24Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
- Jer 46:26I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.
- Isa 63:11Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
- Ezek 36:11I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 37:24–25My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
- Ezek 34:23–24I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
- Jer 33:20–26“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
- Isa 5:5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
- Isa 11:1–10Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
- 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.
- Job 1:10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
- Lam 5:21Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,
- Hos 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- Luke 1:69–70He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
- Luke 1:31–33Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
- Ezek 21:25–27And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
- Acts 2:30–36But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
- Jer 30:9Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
- Mic 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
- Ps 143:5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
- Mic 7:14Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
- Ps 89:40You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
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Amid judgment on injustice, Amos promises the raising up of David's fallen tent — read by James in Acts 15 as the ingathering of the nations into the kingdom of the risen Christ.
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