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Amos 3:15 KJV
Amos · chapter 3 · verse 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.Amos 3:15 · King James Version
Amos 3:15 in context
13Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
14That 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.
15And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- winterchôrephproperly, the crop gatheredH2779 →
- summerqayitsharvest , whether the product or the seasonH7019 →
- perishʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- smitenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- ivoryshêna toothH8127 →
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The Israelites are here again convicted and condemned, and particular notice given of the crimes they are convicted of and the punishment they are condemned to. 1. Notice is given of it to their neighbours. The prophet is ordered to publish it in the palaces of Ashdod, one of the chief cities of the Philistines;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-15