Amos 9:11 (WEB)

Passage

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;

Nearby Context

Amos 9:9 “For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.

Amos 9:10 All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, ‘Evil won’t overtake nor meet us.’

Amos 9:11 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;

Amos 9:12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations who are called by my name,” says Yahweh who does this.

Amos 9:13 “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "raise", "tent", "david", "fallen", "close", "breaches", and "ruins". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "raise" and "tent", 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 will..." into verse 12's "that they may possess the remnant of...", so "raise" and "tent" 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 "tent" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.