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.”

"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
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What does Amos 3:15 mean?

Amos 3:15 (KJV) says, "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." This verse comes from the book of Amos in the Old Testament. Amos was a shepherd from Tekoa, a small…

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The Fragility of Earthly Security: A Reflection on Amos 3:15

In the heart of the Old Testament, the Book of Amos provides a piercing commentary on the nature of social justice, responsibility, and divine judgment. Amos 3:15 states, "And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the…

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Prayer for Humility and Restoration in the Light of God’s Impermanence

O Sovereign Lord, Creator of Heaven and Earth, I come before You today, acknowledging Your majesty and the depths of Your wisdom. I reflect upon the words of Amos 3:15, where You declare, "And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall…

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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."
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Amos 3:3 - "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"
Amos 7:3 - "The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD."
Amos 2:15 - "Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself."
Amos 1:15 - "And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD."
"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" - Amos 3:3
Amos 3:13 - "Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,"
Amos 5:15 - "Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph."
Amos 6:3 - "Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;"
Amos 3:10 - "For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces."
Amos 7:15 - "And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel."
"The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD." - Amos 7:3
Amos 3:8 - "The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?"
Amos 3:6 - "Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?"
Amos 3:7 - "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."
Amos 9:15 - "And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God."
Luke 3:25 - "Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,"
Amos 3:2 - "You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities."
Amos 4:3 - "And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD."
Amos 3:4 - "Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?"
"And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD." - Amos 1:15
Amos 1:3 - "Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:"
Amos 8:3 - "And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence."
Amos 3:5 - "Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?"
Amos 3:9 - "¶ Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof."
Amos 5:3 - "For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel."
Amos 3:14 - "That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground."
Amos 3:1 - "Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,"