The Meaning of Amos 9:11 Explained

Amos 9:11

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:

YLT: 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.

Darby: In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David which is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

ASV: 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 its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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: 

What does Amos 9:11 Mean?

Verse Meaning

In "that day" Yahweh would also restore the fallen booth of David that had suffered some destruction (cf. Amos 9:1; Leviticus 23:33-42; 2 Samuel 11:11; 1 Kings 20:12-16; Jonah 4:5). The booth (tent) of David is a reference to the dynasty of David, which acted as a shelter over the Israelites. When Amos prophesied, the tent of David had suffered major damage due to the division of the kingdom into two parts, though it had not yet collapsed completely. In the future God would restore the Davidic house and rebuild it as in former days, when it was a united kingdom with a descendant of David ruling over all Israel (cf. Jeremiah 30:3-10; Ezekiel 37:15-28; Hosea 3:4-5). That day, still future from our point in history, would be a day of restoration as well as a day of judgment. The restoration will follow in the Millennium after the judgments of the Tribulation.

Context Summary

Amos 9:1-15 - The Day Of Restoration
The guilty will certainly be punished. If they enter the sacred place of worship, even that will not shelter them, Amos 9:1. Flight and concealment will be in vain. Let them climb ever so high, or burrow ever so deep; let them scale the loftiest hills, or dive into the deepest seas-the consequences of their sins will overtake them, Amos 9:2-3. How can sinners hope to escape from Him whose chambers are built in the heavens and whose voice governs the tides, Amos 9:6? The great desolations of the past prove the exactness and severity of His judgments, Amos 9:7-8. How remarkably Amos 9:9 has been fulfilled? Notwithstanding their scatterings, the Hebrew people have been preserved as a race.
The final paragraph, Amos 9:11-15, is very reassuring. It is a burst of noble anticipation, quoted by the Apostle James, Acts 15:14-17. The promises made to Abraham and David are yet to be fulfilled. The derision of their foes, of whom Edom was the ringleader, will be silenced. Through the parted curtain, we descry the golden age of the future. There is a divine plan working to its conclusion, and Israel shall yet come again to the land given to their fathers [source]

Chapter Summary: Amos 9

1  The certainty of the desolation
11  The restoring of the tabernacle of David

What do the individual words in Amos 9:11 mean?

On day that I will raise up - the tabernacle of David which has fallen down and repair its damages and its ruins I will raise up and rebuild it as in the days of old
בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא אָקִ֛ים אֶת־ סֻכַּ֥ת דָּוִ֖יד הַנֹּפֶ֑לֶת וְגָדַרְתִּ֣י פִּרְצֵיהֶ֗ן וַהֲרִֽסֹתָיו֙ אָקִ֔ים וּבְנִיתִ֖יהָ כִּימֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם

בַּיּ֣וֹם  On  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַה֔וּא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
אָקִ֛ים  I  will  raise  up 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
סֻכַּ֥ת  the  tabernacle 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: סֻכָּה  
Sense: thicket, covert, booth.
דָּוִ֖יד  of  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
הַנֹּפֶ֑לֶת  which  has  fallen  down 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
וְגָדַרְתִּ֣י  and  repair 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: גָּדַר  
Sense: to wall up, wall off, close off, build a wall.
פִּרְצֵיהֶ֗ן  its  damages 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: פֶּרֶץ  
Sense: breach, gap, bursting forth.
וַהֲרִֽסֹתָיו֙  and  its  ruins 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: הֲרִיסָה  
Sense: ruin.
אָקִ֔ים  I  will  raise  up 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
וּבְנִיתִ֖יהָ  and  rebuild  it 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular, third person feminine singular
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
כִּימֵ֥י  as  in  the  days 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
עוֹלָֽם  of  old 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.