Amos 6:11 KJV — MannaFest

Amos 6:11

For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

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ASV

For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

WEB

For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”

YLT

For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house with breaches, And the little house with clefts.

DBT

For behold, Jehovah commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

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Amos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’

Author: Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
Date: c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel

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Amos 3:15
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.
Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
2 Kings 25:9
And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.
Luke 19:44
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Nahum 1:14
And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

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The princes' palaces are not above the rebuke of divine justice, nor the poor men's cottages beneath it; neither shall escape. When sin has marked them for ruin God will find ways to bring it about. It is by order from him that breaches are made.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

commandeth, and he will smite--His word of command, when once given, cannot but be fulfilled (Isa 55:11). His mere word is enough to smite with destruction. great house . . . little house--He will spare none, great or small (Am 3:15).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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