And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity
of
Israel to return
Mention being made of the return of the captivity of Israel, or
the ten tribes, as well as that of Judah, shows that this
prophecy does not relate to the return of the Jews from their
seventy years' captivity in Babylon; but is to be understood
spiritually, of a release of the mystical and spiritual Israel of
God from the captivity of sin, Satan, and the law, by the
Messiah: and will build them as at the first;
in the latter day, as at the beginning or first times of the
Gospel; when the temple of the Lord was built by Christ, as the
chief master builder, and by his apostles under him, upon
himself, the foundation of the apostles and prophets; he being
the corner stone of it, whereby it became a habitation for God
through the Spirit. Since that time, by means of heretics and
false teachers, and especially by the man of sin, the tabernacle
of David, or church of Christ, is greatly fallen into ruin, and
needs rebuilding and repairing; and this will be done; and then
it will be a beautiful structure, as at the first, or as it was
in the times of the apostles; see ( Acts 15:16 ) .