Amos 9:11 (DRB)

Passage

In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, that is fallen: and I will close up the breaches of the walls thereof, and repair what was fallen: and I will rebuild it as in the days of old.

Nearby Context

Amos 9:9 For behold I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sieve: and there shall not a little stone fall to the ground.

Amos 9:10 All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.

Amos 9:11 In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, that is fallen: and I will close up the breaches of the walls thereof, and repair what was fallen: and I will rebuild it as in the days of old.

Amos 9:12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations, because my name is invoked upon them: saith the Lord that doth these things.

Amos 9:13 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed: and the mountains shall drop sweetness, and every hill shall be tilled.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "raise", "tabernacle", "david", "fallen", "close", "breaches", "walls", and "thereof". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "raise" and "tabernacle", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "All the sinners of my people shall..." into verse 12's "That they may possess the remnant of...", so "raise" and "tabernacle" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "raise" and "tabernacle" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.