Amos 6:11

For behold, YHWH is commanding, || And He has struck the great house [with] breaches, || And the little house [with] clefts.

Literal Standard Version

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 his loved one has lifted him up, even his burner, || To bring forth the bones from the house, || And he said to him who [is] in the sides of the house, || “Is there [any] yet with you?” And he said, “None,” || Then he said, “Hush! We must not make mention of the Name of YHWH.”

12Do horses run on a rock? Does one plow [it] with oxen? For you have turned judgment to gall, || And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.

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Cross References

Psalms 105:16And He calls a famine on the land, || He has broken the whole staff of bread.

Psalms 105:34He has commanded, and the locust comes, || And the cankerworm—innumerable,

Isaiah 10:5“Woe [to] Asshur, a rod of My anger, || And My indignation [is] a staff in their hand.

Isaiah 46:10Declaring the latter end from the beginning, || And from of old that which has not been done, || Saying, My counsel stands, || And all My delight I do.

Ezekiel 29:18“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, || Has caused his force to serve a great service against Tyre, || Every head [is] bald—every shoulder peeled, || And neither he, nor his force, had reward out of Tyre, || For the service that he served against it.

Amos 3:6Is a horn blown in a city, || And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, || And YHWH has 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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