Amos 3:15
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15 I will tear down the winter house as well as the summer house,
and the houses of ivory shall perish,
and the great houses[a] shall come to an end,
says the Lord.(A)
Footnotes
- 3.15 Or many houses
Jeremiah 36:22
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22 Now the king was sitting in his winter apartment (it was the ninth month), and there was a fire burning in the brazier before him.(A)
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1 Kings 22:39
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39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did and the ivory house that he built and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?(A)
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Judges 3:20
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20 Ehud came to him, while he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber, and said, “I have a message from God for you.” So he rose from his seat.
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Amos 6:11
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11 For the Lord commands,
and he will shatter the great house to bits
and the little house to pieces.(A)
Isaiah 5:9
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9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.(A)
Amos 3:11
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11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
An adversary shall surround the land
and strip you of your defense,
and your strongholds shall be plundered.(A)
Psalm 45:8
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8 your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;(A)
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