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Amos 3:15

And I will smite their winter-house with the summer-house, for not only the kings, but the noble and the rich as well had at least two establishments; and the houses of ivory, whose walls were decorated with inlaid ivory, Cf 1 Kings 22:39, shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord. All extravagance of luxury is displeasing to the Lord, especially if it is connected in any manner with denial of the Lord's truth.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Amos 3:15. _I WILL SMITE THE WINTER HOUSE WITH THE SUMMER HOUSE_] I will not only destroy the _poor habitations_ and _villages_ in the country, but I will destroy those of the _nobility_ and _g...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND I WILL SMITE THE WINTER HOUSE WITH THE SUMMER HOUSE - Upon idolatry, there follow luxury and pride. “So wealthy were they,” says Jerome, “as to possess two sorts of houses, “the winter house” bein...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE PROPHETIC MESSAGES UNCOVERING THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE CHAPTER 3 The First Discourse _ 1. There is cause for judgment (Amos 3:1) _ 2. The coming judgment visitation (Amos 3:9) Amos 3:1...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GUILT AND DOOM OF SAMARIA. The prophet proceeds to apply the lesson. The peoples are summoned to proclaim the fate that has befallen (Amos 3:9 *) the castles of Ashdod and those in the land of Egypt,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WINTER HOUSE. Compare Jeremiah 36:22. SUMMER HOUSE. Compare Judges 3:20. HOUSES OF IVORY. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Whole), App-6, for the parts inlaid, paneled, or overlaid with i...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The sentence. _An adversary_ or _Distress_, a rendering which most moderns prefer. there shall be _even round about_ The Hebrew is harsh: a very slight change, supported by Pesh. (יְסֹבֵב for וּסְבִ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The thought of Amos 3:11 is further developed. The ruin will be complete: the idolatrous altars, and the sumptuous palaces, will alike be involved in it....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the winter house_ See Jeremiah 36:22. _with the summer house_ Eglon (Judges 3:20) had a "cool upper story," i.e. an additional apartment, built on the flat roof of the house, with latticed windows, a...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _PUNISHMENT FOR ISRAEL'S TRANSGRESSIONS -- AMOS 3:12-15:_ Under the Law of Moses if a person was keeping animals and one of the animals was torn he could bring some parts of the animal and not be resp...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    REASON CALLS FOR REPENTANCE ISRAEL'S SINS ASTONISH EVENTHE HEATHEN TEXT: Amos 3:9-15 9 Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upo...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הִכֵּיתִ֥י בֵית ־הַ חֹ֖רֶף עַל ־בֵּ֣ית

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    There is somewhat very striking in the Lord's appeal to the nations of the earth for the justification of his conduct concerning his people. It not only is intended to this purpose, for perhaps this i...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Amos shows again that in vain the great people trusted in their wealth and fortified places; for these could not hinder God from drawing them forth to punishment. As then abundance blinds men, and as...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 15. _And I will smite the winter house with...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Hear ye, and testify_, &c. These words are directed to the prophets whom God sends to declare his will. _In the day that I shall visit,_ &c. In the general destruction of the ten tribes, my judgments...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I WILL SMITE; by the greatness of the desolation it shall appear that God did smite, though by the Assyrian; or perhaps it may refer to the earthquake foretold two years before it came, AMOS 1:1. THE...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Amos 3:15 destroy H5221 (H8689) winter H2779 house H1004 summer H7019 house H1004 houses H1004 ivory H8127 perish...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AMOS PUTS ISRAEL ON TRIAL BEFORE YHWH IN THE PRESENCE OF WITNESSES (AMOS 3:9). Amos begins by calling his witnesses together in Amos 3:9, giving his grounds for doing so, and then declaring YHWH's own...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jehovah's controversy with Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Amos. CONCLUSION: Judgment begins at the house of God. The nearer men are to God in profession, and the kinder notice God has taken of t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land._ THE SPOILER SPOILED In the previous verse Amos has pronounced God’s verdict on the proud citizens of Samar...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSE 1-CH. 6:14 Part II. THREE ADDRESSES PARTICULARIZING THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND ANNOUNCING IMMINENT JUDGMENT. AMOS 3:1 § 1.

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Hear this word [Amos said] that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, and against the whole family (Amos 3:1) So that would include Judah also. which I brought up from the land of...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The winter — house — Which probably was in the chief city, whither the great men retired in the winter. The summer — house — The houses of pleasure, where the nobles and rich men spent the summer time...

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