Amos 6:11

⁹ And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

¹⁰ And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.

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

¹² Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

¹³ Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns 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
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.
Read in context
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.
Read in context
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.
Read in context
Amos 6:8
The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
Read in context
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.
Read in context
Amos 9:9
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
Read in context
Zechariah 14:2
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Read in context
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.
Read in context