Amos 9:11 (YLT)

Passage

In that day I raise the tabernacle of David, that is fallen, And I have repaired their breaches, And its ruins I do raise up, And I have built it up as in days of old.

Nearby Context

Amos 9:9 For lo, I am commanding, And I have shaken among all the nations the house of Israel, As <FI>one<Fi> doth shake with a sieve, And there falleth not a grain <FI>to<Fi> the earth.

Amos 9:10 By sword die do all sinners of My people, Who are saying, `Not overtake, or go before, For our sakes, doth evil.'

Amos 9:11 In that day I raise the tabernacle of David, that is fallen, And I have repaired their breaches, And its ruins I do raise up, And I have built it up as in days of old.

Amos 9:12 So that they possess the remnant of Edom, And all the nations on whom My name is called, An affirmation of Jehovah--doer of this.

Amos 9:13 Lo, days are coming--an affirmation of Jehovah, And come nigh hath the ploughman to the reaper, And the treader of grapes to the scatterer of seed, And the mountains have dropped juice, And all the hills do melt.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "raise", "tabernacle", "david", "fallen", "repaired", "breaches", and "ruins". 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 "By sword die do all sinners of..." into verse 12's "So that they 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.