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16 ‘Afterward I will return
    and restore the fallen house[a] of David.
I will rebuild its ruins
    and restore it,
17 so that the rest of humanity might seek the Lord,
    including the Gentiles—
    all those I have called to be mine.
The Lord has spoken—
18     he who made these things known so long ago.’[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 15:16 Or kingdom; Greek reads tent.
  2. 15:16-18 Amos 9:11-12 (Greek version); Isa 45:21.

16 “‘After this I will return
    and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
    and I will restore it,
17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
    even all the Gentiles who bear my name,
says the Lord, who does these things’[a](A)
18     things known from long ago.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:17 Amos 9:11,12 (see Septuagint)
  2. Acts 15:18 Some manuscripts things’— / 18 the Lord’s work is known to him from long ago