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The fallen tent of David rebuilt
Amos promised that God would restore David's fallen tent so that the nations bearing His name would be gathered. James read that promise as fulfilled in the Gentiles turning to God.
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New TestamentActs 15:16-17Open this recordRead the earlier witness
11“In that day “I will restore David’s fallen shelter— I will repair its broken walls and restore its ruins— and will rebuild it as it used to be, 12so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name,” declares the Lord, who will do these things. Read the later witness
16“ ‘After this I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, 17that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things’— Why FaithGraph draws this line
Acts 15:16-17 quotes Amos 9:11-12.
James cites Amos to show that the prophets agree with God taking a people from the Gentiles.
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- Hebrew and Greek wording. Acts follows the Greek Old Testament, where the nations seek the Lord; the Hebrew reads that Israel will possess the remnant of Edom. Both speak of the nations coming under God's name, and James's point rests on that shared sense.
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