Amos 3:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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”...
Amos 3:15 - 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 Eg...
Amos 3:15 - 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 ove...
Amos 3:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Amos 3:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. I will smite the winter house with the summer ho...
Amos 3:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will smite the winter-house, &c.— See Jeremiah 36:22 . The Russian princes used to have their winter and summer palaces, that nation having had many of the eastern usages, and even much of t...
Amos 3:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 ... with the...
Amos 3:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Address 1-8. A call to attention. 9, 10. The oppressions practised by the powerful. 11-15 . The disasters which should overtake them, their sanctuary and their palaces. 1 . 'Race' w...
Amos 3:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Houses. — It is uncertain whether by “winter and summer houses” are meant two classes of royal abodes, or different chambers of the same house ( Judges 3:20 ; Jeremiah 36:22 , are compatible with...
Amos 3:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CIVILIZATION AND JUDGMENT Amos 3:1-15 - Amos 4:3 WE now enter the Second Section of the Book of Amos: Chapter s 3-6. It is a collection of various oracles of denunciation, grouped partly by t...
Amos 3:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lord's Word Must Come True Amos 3:1-15 The closer our relationship with God, the more searching His scrutiny and chastening. The sins of God's children which may seem of slight consequence...
Amos 3:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus uttered the declamations of Jehovah's judgment on all the nations, the prophet delivered his special message to Israel in a series of three discourses. In each the introductory word is, "...
Amos 3:15 - 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...
Amos 3:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will smite the winter house with the summer house ,.... Both the one and, the other shall fall to the ground, being beat down by the enemy, or shook and made to fall by the earthquake predicte...
Amos 3:15 - 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 wi...
Amos 3:15 - 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...
Amos 3:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Israel Convicted and Condemned. B. C. 790. 9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in...
Amos 3:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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...
Amos 3:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos Puts Israel On Trial Before YHWH In The Presence Of Witnesses ( Amos 3:9-15 ). Amos begins by calling his witnesses together in Amos 3:9-10 , giving his grounds for doing so, and then declar...
Amos 3:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .] Amos 3:13 . Hear] Addressed to heathen who have now to witness the punishment upon Israel. Amos 3:14 . Altars] Vengeance upon the centre from which spread the evils (...
Amos 3:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 3:1 . Against the whole family of the twelve tribes, which I brought up from Egypt. It was a laborious work to make them hear. The prophets did not confine their labours to local districts....
Amos 3:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

They know not to do right. Safety in righteousness 1. The real security of wealth is justice in its acquisition and liberality in its use. Where there is much wealth, unjustly gotten, or unmerc...
Amos 3:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 6:14 Part II . THREE ADDRESSES PARTICULARIZING THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND ANNOUNCING IMMINENT JUDGMENT . Amos 3:1-30 § 1. First address: the pr...
Amos 3:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord Declaring his Purpose
Amos 3:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:39 ; Amos 3:11 ; Amos 6:11 ; Isaiah 5:9 ; Jeremiah 36:22 ; Judges 3:20
Amos 3:15 - 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 t...

Amos 3:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 3:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 3:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 3:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 3:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 3:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 3:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 3:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 3:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 3:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 3:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 3:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 3:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 3:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 3:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 3:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 3:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 3:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 3:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 3:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 3:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 3:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes