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Amo 3:15 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the winter		Jer 36:22
the summer		Jdg 3:20
the houses		1Ki 22:39
the great		Amo 3:11; Amo 6:11; Isa 5:9

Correlating Passages

the winter

Jer 36:22

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

the summer

Jdg 3:20

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.

the houses

1Ki 22:39

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?

the great

	Amo 3:11	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.
	Amo 6:11	For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
	Isa 5:9	In mine ears [said] the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, [even] great and fair, without inhabitant.

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Scott, Thomas. "Amos 3:15," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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