15 I will also strike the (A)winter house together with the (B)summer house;
The houses of [a](C)ivory will also perish,
And the (D)great houses will come to an end,”
Declares the Lord.

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  1. Amos 3:15 I.e., ivory inlay

15 I will tear down the winter house(A)
    along with the summer house;(B)
the houses adorned with ivory(C) will be destroyed
    and the mansions(D) will be demolished,(E)
declares the Lord.(F)

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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.

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11 Therefore because you impose heavy [a]rent on the poor
And take a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built (A)houses of cut stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted beautiful vineyards, yet you will (B)not drink their wine.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:11 Or tax

11 You levy a straw tax on the poor(A)
    and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,(B)
    you will not live in them;(C)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
    you will not drink their wine.(D)

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11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

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11 For behold, the Lord is going to (A)command that the (B)great house be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.

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11 For the Lord has given the command,
    and he will smash(A) the great house(B) into pieces
    and the small house into bits.(C)

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

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