Acts 15:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ ‘After these things I will return.
    And I will rebuild the tent of David, which has fallen [^Ceither the Davidic dynasty of kings (the “house of David”), or the nation Israel generally].
But I will rebuild its ruins,
    and I will ·set it up [restore it].
¹⁷ Then ·those people who are left alive [the remnant; ^Lthe rest of the people] may ·ask the Lord for help [^Lseek the Lord],
    and the ·other nations [Gentiles] ·that belong to me [^Lwho are called by my name],
says the Lord,
    who will make it happen.
¹⁸ And these things have been known ·for a long time [from long ago; Amos 9:11–12; ^Ca reference to God’s promise that he would restore the “remnant” of Israel and save the Gentiles].’