◄ Amos 3:15 ►
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Good News Translation
I will destroy winter houses and summer houses. The houses decorated with ivory will fall in ruins; every large house will be destroyed."

New Revised Standard Version
I will tear down the winter house as well as the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end, says the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
I will tear down winter homes and summer homes. Houses decorated with ivory and all other mansions will be gone forever. I, the LORD, have spoken!

New American Bible
I will strike the winter house and the summer house; The houses of ivory shall lie in ruin, and their many rooms shall be no more— oracle of the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will strike the winter house with the summer house: and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall be destroyed, saith the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I will strike the winter house with the summer house: and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall be destroyed, saith the Lord.

the winter.

Jeremiah 36:22 Now the king sat in the winter house, in the ninth month: and there was a hearth before him full of burning coals.

the summer.

Judges 3:20 Aod went in to him: now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said: I have a word from God to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne.

the houses.

1 Kings 22:39 But the rest of the acts of Achab, and all that he did, and the house of ivory that he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

the great.

Amos 3:11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: The land shall be in tribulation, and shall be compassed about: and thy strength shall be taken away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled.

Amos 6:11 And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall say to him: Hold thy peace, and mention not the name of the Lord.

Isaiah 5:9 These things are in my ears, saith the Lord of hosts: Unless many great and fair houses shall become desolate, without an inhabitant.

Context
Witnesses Against Israel
…14That in the day when I shall begin to visit the transgressions of Israel, I will visit upon him, and upon the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altars shall be cut off, and shall fall to the ground. 15And I will strike the winter house with the summer house: and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall be destroyed, saith the Lord.
Cross References
Judges 3:20
Aod went in to him: now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said: I have a word from God to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne.

1 Kings 22:39
But the rest of the acts of Achab, and all that he did, and the house of ivory that he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

Psalm 45:8
Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: out of which

Jeremiah 36:22
Now the king sat in the winter house, in the ninth month: and there was a hearth before him full of burning coals.

Amos 2:5
And I will send a fire into Juda, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem.

Amos 5:11
Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them.

Amos 6:11
And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall say to him: Hold thy peace, and mention not the name of the Lord.

Malachi 1:4
But if Edom shall say: We are destroyed, but we will return and build up what hath been destroyed: thus saith the Lord of hosts: They shall build up, and I will throw down: and they shall be called the borders of wickedness, and the people with whom the Lord is angry for ever.

Amos 3:14
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