given to David would be finally fulfilled in the Messiah; and it was
generally acknowledged by the ancient Jews, that the passages under
consideration refer to the Messiah. _Jerome_ remarks: "The Jews refer
everything which, in this and the other prophets, is foretold
concerning the building up of Jerusalem and the temple, and the happy
condition of all things, to themselves, and foolishly expect that all
shall be fulfilled in a carnal sense." It is from the passage under
review that the Messiah received the name [Hebrew: br npliM], _filius
cadentium_--He who springs forth from the fallen family of David;
compare _Sanhedrin_, fol. 96, 2: R. Nachman said to R. Isaac, Hast thou
heard when [Hebrew: br npiliM] is to come? The latter answered: Who is
he? R. Nachman said: The Messiah. R. Isaac: But is the Messiah thus
named? R. Nachman: Certainly, in Amos ix. 11: [Pg 392] "In that day I
will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen." In _Breshith
Rabbah_, sec. 88, we read: "Who would have expected that God should
raise up again the fallen tabernacle of David? And yet we read in Amos
ix. 11, 'In that day,' etc. And who could have hoped that the whole
world could yet become one flock? And yet, such is declared in Zeph.
iii. 9: 'Then will I turn to the people in pure lips, that they all may
call upon the name of the Lord, and serve Him with one lip.' But all
that is prophesied only in reference to the Messiah." See _Schoettgen_,
p. 70, and other passages, especially from the _Sohar_, ibid. p. 111,
566.

Ver. 12. "_In order that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of
all the heathen upon whom My name is called, saith the Lord that doeth
this._"

_Calvin_ remarks on this verse: "This main point is plainly declared to
us, that there is here promised an extension of the kingdom under
Christ; and it is just as if the prophet had said that the Jews were
enclosed within narrow limits, even when the kingdom of David did most
flourish, inasmuch as, under Christ, God is to extend their territory,
so that they shall rule far and wide." There is here an evident
allusion to the times of David, which, in the last words of the
preceding verse, formed the subject of discourse. This is quite plain
also from the mention of the Edomites. These had been made subject by
David; but afterwards, availing themselves of the commencing fall of
David's tabernacle, they had again freed themselves. Not only they,
however, but all the other he