Amos 3:15

I will destroy the winter house 1 with the summer house. 1 The houses of ivory will perish, 1 and the large houses will vanish, 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration.”

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In The King James Version

And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.

In Context

14“For in the day that I punish the sins of Israel, 1 I will also punish the altars of Bethel. 1 The horns of the altar will be cut off 1 and fall to the ground. 1

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Cross References

Judges 3:20Ehud came to him. The king was sitting by himself, alone in the coolness of the upper room. Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” The king got up out of his seat.

Psalms 45:8All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia; 1 out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad. 1

Jeremiah 36:22Now the king was staying in the winter house in the ninth month, and a brazier was burning in front of him.

Amos 5:11Because you trample down the poor 1 and take portions of wheat from him— 1 although you have built houses of worked stone, 1 you will not live in them. 1 You have delightful vineyards, 1 but you will not drink their wine. 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 →

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