Amos 3:15

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

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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...
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 *)...
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 Wh...
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 f...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Winter and summer house were in some cases distinct buildings, but in others were parts of the same structure differently situated ( Judges 3:20...
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 ( Ju...
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 va...
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 Go...
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 thr...
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 o...
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...
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...
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....
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Israel Convicted and Condemned. B. C. 790....
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 earthqu...
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...
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] Venge...
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...
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. Wher...
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 pr...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 Lor...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 6:14 Part II . THREE ADDRESSES PARTICULARIZING THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND ANNOUNCING IMMINENT JUDGME...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord Declaring his Purpose
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
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...

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.

Related Commentaries of Amos 3:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Amos 3:15