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;
The blessings that the prophet pictures here are far greater than those experienced by post-exilic Israel. In the New Testament Amos’s picture of the rule of the Davidic king over the nations is applied to the expansion of Christ’s kingdom among the Gentiles (Acts 15:13-18; cf. Ephesians 3:6). No doubt there will be an greater application in the future (cf. Romans 8:19-23; 1 Corinthians 15:24-28; 1 Corinthians 15:24-28; Revelation 22:1-5).