Amos 3:15
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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.I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.
In other translations
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.I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.
Hebrew words
וְהִכֵּיתִיvehikeitiand I will strikeH5221בֵית־veit-[the] house ofH1004הַחֹרֶףhachorefthe winterH2779עַל־'al-toH5921בֵּיתbeit[the] house ofH1004הַקָּיִץhakayitzthe summerH7019וְאָבְדוּve'aveduand they will perishH6בָּתֵּיbatei[the] houses ofH1004הַשֵּׁןhashen<the> ivoryH8127וְסָפוּvesafuand people will snatch awayH5595בָּתִּיםbatimhousesH1004רַבִּיםrabimgreatH7227נְאֻם־ne'um-[the] utterance ofH5002יְהוָה׃ סyahwehYahwehH3068
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Related verses
- 1 Kings 22:39Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- Jeremiah 36:22Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.
- Amos 6:11For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”
- Isaiah 5:9In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
- Judges 3:20And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.
- Psalm 45:8All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
- Amos 3:11Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”
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