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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.

And I will smite {H5221} the winter {H2779} house {H1004} with the summer {H7019} house {H1004}; and the houses {H1004} of ivory {H8127} shall perish {H6}, and the great {H7227} houses {H1004} shall have an end {H5486}, saith {H5002} the LORD {H3068}.

I will tear down winter houses as well as summer houses; houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed; the mansions will be no more," says ADONAI.

I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.

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 Jehovah.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 36:22 (6 votes)

    Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and [there was a fire] on the hearth burning before him.

  • 1 Kings 22:39 (6 votes)

    Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

  • Judges 3:20 (5 votes)

    And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of [his] seat.

  • Amos 6:11 (4 votes)

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

  • Isaiah 5:9 (3 votes)

    In mine ears [said] the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, [even] great and fair, without inhabitant.

  • Amos 3:11 (2 votes)

    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary [there shall be] even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

  • Psalms 45:8 (2 votes)

    All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.