In that day. Passing to the subject of the future restoration (see the Structure). Quoted in Acts 15:14

of David. Erected on Zion by David (2 Samuel 6:17. Compare Amos 7:6) before the Temple was built on Moriah by Solomon. in Amos 7:7, it was seen to be "out of plumb", therefore on the point of falling. Here it is fallen down: hence the prophecy here given. In Acts 15 the time had come, had the People obeyed Peter's call in Amo 3:18-21. But it was finally rejected (Acts 28:25), and this prophecy, therefore, yet awaits its fulfilment.

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