‘ After this I will return, and I will rebuild the fallen tent of David; I will rebuild its ruins and restore it,

正如经上所写的：‘此后，我要回来，重新修造大卫倒塌的帐幕，把那破坏的重新修造建立起来，

正如经上所写的：‘此后，我要回来，重新修造大卫倒塌了的帐幕，从废墟中重新修造，把它建立起来，

正如经上所写的：‘此后，我要回来，重新修造大卫倒塌了的帐幕，从废墟中重新修造，把它建立起来，

“‘此后，我要回来重建已倾覆的大卫王朝，将它从废墟中重建、恢复，

‘此后我要回来，重建大卫倒塌了的帐幕，重建它损坏之处，把它重新竖立起来，

‘此后我将要回来，重建大卫倒塌的居所；我要重建它的破损之处，把它重新竖立起来。

正如經上所寫的：此後，我要回來，重新修造大衛倒塌的帳幕，把那破壞的重新修造建立起來，

正如經上所寫的：『此後，我要回來，重新修造大衛倒塌了的帳幕，從廢墟中重新修造，把它建立起來，

正如經上所寫的：『此後，我要回來，重新修造大衛倒塌了的帳幕，從廢墟中重新修造，把它建立起來，

『此後，我要回來重建已傾覆的大衛王朝，將它從廢墟中重建、恢復，

‘此後我要回來，重建大衛倒塌了的帳幕，重建它損壞之處，把它重新豎立起來，

『此後我必重返，重建大衛倒壞的帳幕；重建它的頹墟，把它重立起來；

『此後我將要回來，重建大衛倒塌的居所；我要重建它的破損之處，把它重新豎立起來。

如經云、此後我將反、復建大衛傾覆之幕、復建其頹垣而立之、

其言曰、大闢之宅、已傾圮矣、今而後、我將反而復起之、復起其頹垣而再建之、

此後我將返而復建大衛傾覆之室、其頹圮者、復建而立之、

經云：厥事之後吾當歸、重建大維之殘帷。收拾廢墟築新宅、萬象煥然映朝輝。

“‘ After this I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,

“‘ After this I will return and set up again David’s fallen tent. I will rebuild what was destroyed. I will make it what it used to be.

“‘ After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it,

‘ Afterward I will return and restore the fallen house of David. I will rebuild its ruins and restore it,

After these things I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. I will rebuild its ruins and set it up again,

‘ After these things I will return, And I will rebuild the fallen tabernacle of David, And I will rebuild its ruins, And I will restore it,

‘ After this I will return And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, And I will set it up;

After these things I will return, And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen; And I will build again the ruins thereof, And I will set it up:

After these things I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. I will rebuild its ruins and set it up again,

After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

‘ After these things I will return. I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up

“ In that day I will rebuild the collapsing hut of David. I will seal its gaps, repair its ruins, and restore it to what it was like in days gone by.As a result they will conquer those left in Edom and all the nations subject to my rule.” The LORD, who is about to do this, is speaking!

Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.”

Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David.His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun,it will remain stable, like the moon, his throne will endure like the skies.”( Selah)But you have spurned and rejected him; you are angry with your chosen king.You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious, and all his enemies to rejoice.You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.You have brought to an end his splendor, and have knocked his throne to the ground.You have cut short his youth, and have covered him with shame.( Selah)How long, O LORD, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.( Selah)Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?

When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king,“ We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So Israel returned to their homes.

and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that he himself will build a dynastic house for you.When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.’”

For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The LORD’s intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.

“‘ This is what the sovereign LORD says:“‘ I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel, and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar. Every bird will live under it; Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches.All the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree. I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it!’”

But after I have uprooted the people of those nations, I will relent and have pity on them. I will restore the people of each of those nations to their own lands and to their own country.

It will happen in all the land, says the LORD, that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it.

When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,“ Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:“ Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel,” which means“ God with us.”When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.

“ You have surely noticed what these people are saying, haven’t you? They are saying,‘ The LORD has rejected the two families of Israel and Judah that he chose.’ So they have little regard that my people will ever again be a nation.But I, the LORD, make the following promise: I have made a covenant governing the coming of day and night. I have established the fixed laws governing heaven and earth.Just as surely as I have done this, so surely will I never reject the descendants of Jacob. Nor will I ever refuse to choose one of my servant David’s descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Indeed, I will restore them and show mercy to them.”

For he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,