Amos 9:11

In that day. Amos now turns from the dark picture of his people’s sinfulness and consequent chastisement to the bright and glorious promises of future restoration. These promises were fulfilled part to those who returned after the Babylonian exile. They could have been realized fully, but both Israel and Judah failed to live up to their possibilities (see pp. 30-32). Consequently, the Lord gave the Gentiles the opportunity that Israel lost, and these glorious promises will be realized by the faithful ones of all nations who will compose the church of the Lord (see Acts 15:13-17; PK 714, 715).

The tabernacle. Literally, “the booth” (see Jonah 4:5), or “the covert of foliage.” A tabernacle “that is fallen” is a tragic figure representing the sad spiritual state of Israel before its captivity. With the failure of literal Israel the spiritual significance of this passage is now to be found in the shadowing forth of the universal church of Christ, the spiritual Israel that arose out of the lost opportunity of literal Israel (see Matt. 23:37, 38 Acts 13:44-48; see further pp. 35, 36).

The breaches. The house of David was broken internally by the rebellion of Jeroboam I (see 1 Kings 12), and externally by the conquests of the Assyrians and the Babylonians (see 2 Kings 15:29; 17:1-6; 18:9-13; 24; 25). These “breaches” were partially repaired, these “ruins” were raised up to some extent, when the captives were returned. But when the Jewish nation rejected its Saviour, the blessings and promises of the nation of Israel were given to those who were the spiritual seed of Abraham, the followers of Christ (see Gal. 3:29; see above under “In that day”).