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;
So, under a different figure, Isaiah prophesied, “There shall come forth a rod out of the stump Isaiah 11:1 of Jesse, and a Branch shall put forth from its roots.” When the trunk was hewn down even with the ground, and the rank grass had covered the “stump,” that “rod” and “Branch” should come forth which should rule the earth, and “to” which “the Gentiles should seek” Isaiah 11:10. From these words of Amos, “the Son of the fallen,” became, among the Jews, one of the titles of the Christ. Both in the legal and mystical schools the words of Amos are alleged, in proof of the fallen condition of the house of David, when the Christ should come. “Who would expect,” asks one , “that God would raise up the fallen tabernacle of David? and yet it is said, “I will raise up the tabernacle of David which is fallen down.” And who would hope that the whole world should become one band? as it is written, “Then I will turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one shoulder” Zephaniah 3:9. This is no other than the king Messiah.” And in the Talmud ; “R. Nachman said to R. Isaac; Hast thou heard when ‘the Son of the fallen’ shall come? He answered, Who is he? R. Nachman; The Messiah. R. Isaac; Is the Messiah so called? R. Nachman; Yes; ‘In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David which is fallen down. ‘“