Amos 6:11

For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

In Context

10And should a man's uncle or relative carry him forth, to bring out the bones out of the house, and say unto him that is in the recesses of the house, Is there yet any one with thee? he will say, There is no one left. Then will he say, Be silent; for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.

12Do horses ever run upon the rock? or will one plough there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;

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Cross References

Psalms 105:16And he called for a famine over the land; every staff of bread he broke.

Psalms 105:34He spoke, and the locusts came, and crickets, and that without number;

Isaiah 10:5Woe over Asshur, the rod of my anger; and a staff is in their hand my indignation.

Isaiah 46:10Declaring from the beginning the end, and from the earliest days the things that have not yet been done, saying, My counsel shall stand firm, and all my pleasure will I do:

Ezekiel 29:18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath caused his army to perform a great service against Tyre; every head hath been made bald, and every shoulder hath been rubbed sore: yet no reward hath come to him or to his army from Tyre, for the service that he hath performed against it.

Amos 3:6Shall a cornet be blown in a city, and the people not become afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord have not done it?

Matthew Henry on Amos 6:9-14

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 790.) 8 The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he… Read the whole commentary →

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