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will return, &c. A Hebraism for "I will build again". Compare Gen_26:18. Num_11:4 (margin)
return. Greek. anastrepho. Compare Act_5:22. But elsewhere refers to passing one's life, except Joh_2:15 (overthrow). Compare the noun anastrope. Always translated "conversation", i.e. manner of life, or behaviour.
build again = build up. Greek. anoikodomeo. Only here.
tabernacle = tent. Greek. skene, as in Act_7:43, Act_7:44. Not the house or throne. Significant of the lowliness of its condition when He comes to raise it up.
ruins. Literally things dug down. Greek. kataskapto. Only here and Rom_11:3. The texts read "things overturned". Greek. katastrepho.
sat it up = make upright or straight. Greek. anorthoo. Here, Luk_13:13. Heb_12:12.