KJV 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.
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Amos 3:15
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,” says Yahweh.
ASV American Standard 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 Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I have smitten the winter-house with the summer-house, And perished have houses of ivory, And consumed have been many houses, An affirmation of Jehovah!
Surrounding context — Amos 3
12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus [in] a couch.
13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15 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.
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וְהִכֵּיתִ֥יH5221 · na.khahto smiteבֵית־H1004 · betplaceהַחֹ֖רֶףH2779 · cho.rephautumnעַל־H5921 · aluponבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהַקָּ֑יִץH7019 · qa.yitssummerוְאָבְד֞וּH6 · a.vadto perishבָּתֵּ֣יH1004 · betplaceהַשֵּׁ֗ןH8127 · shentoothוְסָפ֛וּH5595 · sa.phahto snatchבָּתִּ֥יםH1004 · betplaceרַבִּ֖יםH7227 · ravmanyנְאֻם־H5002 · ne.umutteranceיְהוָֽה׃ סH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Jeremiah 36:22Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and [there was a fire] on the hearth burning before him.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?Amos 6:11For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.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.Isaiah 5:9In mine ears [said] the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, [even] great and fair, without inhabitant.Psalm 45:8All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee 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.
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