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Amos 9:11-12BSB
"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, that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name," declares the LORD, who will do this.
Earlier text
For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, 'I will build a house for you.' Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
Amos 9:11-12 promises the restoration of David's fallen booth (סֻכַּת דָּוִיד, sukkath David) and the inclusion of "all the nations that bear My name," echoing 2 Samuel 7:27 where David responds to God's promise to "build a house" for him. The link between these texts shows how Amos reinterprets the Davidic covenant promise in an eschatological key: the dynasty that has collapsed into a mere tent will be rebuilt, and its restored dominion will extend beyond Israel to encompass the nations. David's prayer of faith in 2 Samuel 7:27 thus finds its prophetic answer in Amos's vision of universal Davidic rule. The movement from the "house" (בַּיִת, bayit) God promised to build (2 Sam 7:27) to the "fallen booth" (סֻכָּה, sukkah) Amos pledges to raise (Amos 9:11) measures the distance between David's confident dynastic hope and the oracle of restoration after the dynasty's collapse — yet the same covenant-keeping God spans it.