Amos 6:11
9 And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.
10 And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”
12 “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
13 you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”
- KJV
- For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
- WEB
- “For, behold, the LORD commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
- ASV
- For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
- DARBY
- For behold, Jehovah commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
- BLB
- For behold, YHWH is giving a command, and He will strike the great house [to] pieces, and the little house to bits!
- ÅB
- For se, Herren befaler, og de slår det store hus så det synker i grus, og det lille hus så det revner.
- OTB
- For se, Herren har gitt befaling,
og Han vil knuse det store huset i stykker
og det lille huset til grus. - B1930
- For se, Herren byder, og de slår det store hus så det synker i grus, og det lille hus så det revner.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Amos 3:15
I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:11
so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
Read in context2 Kings 25:9
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
Read in contextAmos 6:8
The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
Read in contextLuke 19:44
They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
Read in contextAmos 9:9
“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
Read in contextZechariah 14:2
For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
Read in contextNahum 1:14
The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
Read in context