Matthew Henry Commentary Amos 9:11-15

"In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old; that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, saith Jehovah that doeth this. Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith Jehovah thy God." — Amos 9:11-15 (ASV)

Christ died to gather together the children of God who were scattered abroad, who are here said to be those who were called by His name. The Lord says this—He who does this, who can do it, who has determined to do it, and the power of whose grace is committed to doing it. Acts 15:13–15 may refer to the early times of Christianity. However, these verses will receive a more glorious fulfillment in the events that all the prophets, more or less, foretold. They may also be understood as describing the happy state when the fullness of both the Jews and the Gentiles comes into the church.

Let us continue earnest in prayer for the fulfillment of these prophecies, and for the peace, purity, and beauty of the church. God marvelously preserves His elect amidst the most fearful confusions and miseries. When all seems desperate, He wonderfully revives His church, and blesses her with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus.

And great shall be the glory of that period, in which not one good thing promised shall remain unfulfilled.