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Amos 3:15 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Amos 3:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 3 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Amos 3:15 (KJV)
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Commentary on Amos 3:15
I will smite the winter house with the summer house (וְהִכֵּיתִי בֵית־הַחֹרֶף עַל־בֵּית הַקָּיִץ, v'hikeiti beit-hachoref al-beit hakayitz)—The wealthy maintained separate residences for different seasons; winter houses were typically in valleys, summer houses on cool heights. God will strike both simultaneously. The houses of ivory shall perish (וְאָבְדוּ בָּתֵּי הַשֵּׁן, v'avdu batei hashen, literally 'houses of tooth/ivory')—ivory inlays represented extreme luxury (1 Kings 22:39 mentions Ahab's ivory house). The great houses shall have an end (וְסָפוּ בָּתִּים רַבִּים, v'safu batim rabim)—u...
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Cross-References for Amos 3:15
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“Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.”
“and all that he did”
“I have a message from God to you. He arose out of his seat.”
“Yahweh of Armies says: Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.,In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant., בְּאָזְנָי יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אִם־לֹא בָּתִּים רַבִּים לְשַׁמָּה יִהְיוּ גְּדֹלִים וְטוֹבִים מֵאֵין יוֹשֵׁב׃ ,In mine ears said the LORD of hosts: Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, Even great and fair, without inhabitant.,οὐαὶ οἱ συνάπτοντες οἰκίαν πρὸς οἰκίαν καὶ ἀγρὸν πρὸς ἀγρὸν ἐγγίζοντες ἵνα τοῦ πλησίον ἀφέλωνταί τι μὴ οἰκήσετε μόνοι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them.,,,,”
“aloes”
“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”