Read Amos 9.11-15 Vision of renewal.
These images of restoration, because they are unparalleled in the rest of Amos and contrast so sharply with his expectation of judgment, are widely regarded as a later addition to Amos's prophecies.
In verse 11 the ruined state of the booth of David, a reference to the Davidic monarchy that ruled Judah, appears to place this speech after the fall of Jerusalem in 587 BCE.
This image also suggests that this text was written from the perspective of Judah, the southern kingdom, rather than from the perspective of the northern kingdom which Amos addressed.
It anticipates the return of the Babylonian exiles to rebuild their ruined country.
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