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

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 3:15 Or autumn
  2. 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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11 Therefore because you [a]impose heavy rent on the poor
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built (A)houses of well-hewn stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will (B)not drink their wine.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:11 Another reading is trample upon

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

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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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