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I will strike the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, says Yahweh.
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Wealth Cannot Buy Security
Commentators explain that the 'winter' and 'summer' houses, along with palaces inlaid with ivory, were symbols of extreme luxury and pride. The wealthy Israelites placed their trust in these magnificent buildings, believing they were safe. However, Amos declares that no amount of earthly wealth or comfort can serve as a defense against God's righteous judgment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house - Upon idolatry, there follow luxury and pride. “So wealthy were they,” say…
19th Century
Anglican
Houses. —It is uncertain whether by “winter and summer houses” are meant two classes of royal abodes, or different chambers of the…
16th Century
Protestant
Amos shows again that the great people trusted in vain in their wealth and fortified places, because these could not hinder God from bringing them …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house Both the one and, the other shall fall to the ground, being …
That power which is an instrument of unrighteousness will justly be brought down and broken. What is obtained and kept wrongfully will not be kept …
