Amos 3:15
And I will strike the bais hachoref with the bais hakayitz; 1 and the batim (houses) of ivory shall perish, 1 and the batim rabbim (great houses) shall have an end, 1 saith Hashem.
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Judges 3:20And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in an aliyyat hamekerah (upper room for cooling), which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a devar Elohim unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
Psalms 45:8Thou lovest tzedek, and hatest resha; 1 therefore Elohim, Eloheicha, hath anointed Thee 1 with shemen sasson (the oil of gladness) above Thy chaverim. 1
Jeremiah 36:22Now HaMelech sat in the Bais Hakhoref (Winter House) in the ninth month; + 36:22 Kislev and there was an akh (fireplace) burning before him.
Amos 5:11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, 1 and ye take from him burdens of wheat; 1 ye have built batim (houses) of hewn stone, 1 but ye shall not dwell in them; 1 ye have planted pleasant kramim (vineyards), 1 but ye shall not drink yayin of them. 1
Matthew Henry on Amos 3:10-15
Israel Convicted and Condemned. ( b. c. 790.) 9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. 10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord , who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee,… Read the whole commentary →