John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:11
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen ,.... Not in the day of Israel's ruin, but in the famous Gospel day, so often spoken of by the prophets; and this prophecy is referred to the times of the Messiah by the ancient F17 Zohar in Exod. fol. 96. 2. Jews; and one of the names they give him is taken from hence, "Barnaphli" F18 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 96. 2. , the Son of the fallen. R. Nachman said to R. Isaac, hast thou heard when Barnaphli comes? to whom... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 9:11-15
To him to whom all the prophets bear witness this prophet, here in the close, bears his testimony, and speaks of that day, those days that shall come, in which God will do great things for his church, by the setting up of the kingdom of the Messiah, for the rejecting of which the rejection of the Jews was foretold in the Amos 9:1-10. The promise here is said to agree to the planting of the Christian church, and in that to be fulfilled, Acts 15:15-17. It is promised, I. That in the Messiah the... read more