Amos 3:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I will tear down winter homes and summer homes. Houses decorated with ivory and all other mansions will be gone for ever. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Cross References

1 Kings 22:39

Everything else Ahab did while he was king, including the towns he strengthened and the palace he built and furnished with ivory, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.

Psalm 45:8

The sweet aroma of the spices myrrh, aloes, and cassia, covers your royal robes. You enjoy the music of harps in palaces decorated with ivory.

Isaiah 5:9

But the LORD All-Powerful has made this promise to me: Those large and beautiful homes will be left empty, with no one to take care of them.

Amos 2:5

Now I will send fire on Judah and destroy the fortresses of Jerusalem.

Amos 3:11

And so the LORD God has sworn that they will be surrounded. Enemies will break through their defences and steal their treasures.

Amos 5:11

you abuse the poor and demand heavy taxes from them. You have built expensive homes, but you won't enjoy them; you have planted vineyards, but you will get no wine.

Amos 6:11

At the LORD's command, houses great and small will be smashed to pieces.

Malachi 1:4

Esau's descendants may say, “Although our nation Edom is in ruins, we will rebuild.” But I, the LORD All-Powerful, promise to tear down whatever they build. Then everyone will know that I will never stop being angry with them as long as they are so sinful.