In that day, &c.— "After the fall of the kingdom of Israel, that of Judah shall continue for a long time in a flourishing state after their return from the captivity." But the prophesy has a still farther respect, and carries us beyond the times of the Babylonish captivity, to those of the Lord Jesus Christ; to which it is applied by the best authority possible; see Acts 15:16.
The tabernacle of David, says Houbigant, signifies the church, which consists not only of Jews, but of Gentiles. Some part of this prophecy had its completion in the times of the apostles, and afterwards in the light of the gospel, which shone both upon Jews and Gentiles. The prophesy will then be in a great measure completed, when the people of Israel shall return into their own land, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards and gardens; Amos 9:14. But in the great millennium it will have its final accomplishment in the fullest and most glorious sense.