King James Version
What Does Amos 6:11 Mean?
“For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. breaches: or, droppings”
Context
9
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
10
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. we: or, they will not, or, have not
11
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. breaches: or, droppings
12
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
13
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(11) **Breaches.—**For this read *ruins.* (See end of Note on Amos 6:8.) The overthrow of all classes of the population is here referred to.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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