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THE MESSAGE
Amos 6:11
Note well: God issues the orders. He'll knock large houses to smithereens. He'll smash little houses to bits.
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Christian Standard Bible®
For the Lord commands:
For the Lord commands:
Hebrew Names Version
"For, behold, the LORD commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, And the little house into bits.
"For, behold, the LORD commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, And the little house into bits.
King James Version (1611)
For beholde, the Lord commandeth, and hee will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
For beholde, the Lord commandeth, and hee will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
King James Version
For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
English Standard Version
For behold, the Lord commands, and the great house shall be struck down into fragments, and the little house into bits.
For behold, the Lord commands, and the great house shall be struck down into fragments, and the little house into bits.
New American Standard Bible
For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.
For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.
New Century Version
The Lord has given the command; the large house will be broken into pieces, and the small house into bits.
The Lord has given the command; the large house will be broken into pieces, and the small house into bits.
Amplified Bible
For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.
For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the litle house with clefts.
For behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the litle house with clefts.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.
For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.
Legacy Standard Bible
For behold, Yahweh is going to command and will strike the great house to pieces and the small house to fragments.
For behold, Yahweh is going to command and will strike the great house to pieces and the small house to fragments.
Berean Standard Bible
For the LORD gives a command: "The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble."
For the LORD gives a command: "The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble."
Contemporary English Version
At the Lord 's command, houses great and small will be smashed to pieces.
At the Lord 's command, houses great and small will be smashed to pieces.
Complete Jewish Bible
For when Adonai gives the order, great houses will be shattered and small houses reduced to rubble.
For when Adonai gives the order, great houses will be shattered and small houses reduced to rubble.
Darby Translation
For behold, Jehovah commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
For behold, Jehovah commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Easy-to-Read Version
Look, the Lord will give the command, and the large houses will be broken to pieces, and the small houses will be broken to small pieces.
Look, the Lord will give the command, and the large houses will be broken to pieces, and the small houses will be broken to small pieces.
George Lamsa Translation
For, behold, the LORD will go forth and he will smite the great house and cause it to quiver, and the little house will he make desolate.
For, behold, the LORD will go forth and he will smite the great house and cause it to quiver, and the little house will he make desolate.
Good News Translation
When the Lord gives the command, houses large and small will be smashed to pieces.
When the Lord gives the command, houses large and small will be smashed to pieces.
Lexham English Bible
Look, Yahweh is going to command and the great house will be destroyed to bits and the little house to pieces.
Look, Yahweh is going to command and the great house will be destroyed to bits and the little house to pieces.
Literal Translation
For, behold, Jehovah commands, and He will strike the great house into pieces, and the little house into cracks.
For, behold, Jehovah commands, and He will strike the great house into pieces, and the little house into cracks.
American Standard Version
For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Bible in Basic English
For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.
For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten into splinters, and the little house into chips.
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten into splinters, and the little house into chips.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For behold the Lord commaundeth, and he will smyte the great house with breaches, & the litle houses with cleftes.
For behold the Lord commaundeth, and he will smyte the great house with breaches, & the litle houses with cleftes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he shall say, No one else. And the other shall say, Be silent, that thou name not the name of the Lord.
And he shall say, No one else. And the other shall say, Be silent, that thou name not the name of the Lord.
English Revised Version
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
World English Bible
"For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, And the little house into bits.
"For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, And the little house into bits.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For lo! the Lord schal comaunde, and schal smyte the grettere hous with fallyngis, and the lesse hous with brekyngis.
For lo! the Lord schal comaunde, and schal smyte the grettere hous with fallyngis, and the lesse hous with brekyngis.
Update Bible Version
For, look, Yahweh commands, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
For, look, Yahweh commands, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Webster's Bible Translation
For behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
For behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
New English Translation
Indeed, look! The Lord is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.
Indeed, look! The Lord is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.
New King James Version
For behold, the LORD gives a command: He will break the great house into bits, And the little house into pieces.
For behold, the LORD gives a command: He will break the great house into bits, And the little house into pieces.
New Living Translation
When the Lord gives the command, homes both great and small will be smashed to pieces.
When the Lord gives the command, homes both great and small will be smashed to pieces.
New Life Bible
For the Lord is going to say that the great house must be broken apart and the small house into pieces.
For the Lord is going to say that the great house must be broken apart and the small house into pieces.
New Revised Standard
See, the Lord commands, and the great house shall be shattered to bits, and the little house to pieces.
See, the Lord commands, and the great house shall be shattered to bits, and the little house to pieces.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For lo! Yahweh, is giving command, and will smite the great house into ruins, - and the little house with clefts.
For lo! Yahweh, is giving command, and will smite the great house into ruins, - and the little house with clefts.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(6-12) For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.
(6-12) For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.
Revised Standard Version
For behold, the LORD commands, and the great house shall be smitten into fragments, and the little house into bits.
For behold, the LORD commands, and the great house shall be smitten into fragments, and the little house into bits.
Young's Literal Translation
For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house [with] breaches, And the little house [with] clefts.
For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house [with] breaches, And the little house [with] clefts.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, the LORDE is mynded to smyte the greate houses, so that they shall decaye: ad the litle houses, that they shall cleue a sunder.
Beholde, the LORDE is mynded to smyte the greate houses, so that they shall decaye: ad the litle houses, that they shall cleue a sunder.
Contextual Overview
8 God , the Master, has sworn, and solemnly stands by his Word. The God-of-the-Angel-Armies speaks: "I hate the arrogance of Jacob. I have nothing but contempt for his forts. I'm about to hand over the city and everyone in it." 9Ten men are in a house, all dead. A relative comes and gets the bodies to prepare them for a decent burial. He discovers a survivor huddled in a closet and asks, "Are there any more?" The answer: "Not a soul. But hush! God must not be mentioned in this desecrated place." 11 Note well: God issues the orders. He'll knock large houses to smithereens. He'll smash little houses to bits. 12Do you hold a horse race in a field of rocks? Do you plow the sea with oxen? You'd cripple the horses and drown the oxen. And yet you've made a shambles of justice, a bloated corpse of righteousness, Bragging of your trivial pursuits, beating up on the weak and crowing, "Look what I've done!" 14 "Enjoy it while you can, you Israelites. I've got a pagan army on the move against you" —this is your God speaking, God-of-the-Angel-Armies— "And they'll make hash of you, from one end of the country to the other."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the Lord: Amos 3:6, Amos 3:7, Amos 9:1, Amos 9:9, Psalms 105:16, Psalms 105:31, Psalms 105:34, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 13:3, Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 46:11, Isaiah 55:11, Ezekiel 29:18-20, Nahum 1:14
he will: Amos 6:8, Amos 3:15, 2 Kings 25:9, Hosea 13:16, Zechariah 14:2, Luke 19:44
breaches: or, droppings, Ecclesiastes 10:18
Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:34 - I put the plague of leprosy 1 Kings 13:33 - Jeroboam Isaiah 5:9 - Of a truth Isaiah 9:14 - will cut Jeremiah 9:21 - General Jeremiah 16:6 - the great Jeremiah 52:13 - the king's
Cross-References
Genesis 6:1
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.
Genesis 7:1
Next God said to Noah, "Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you're the righteous one.
Next God said to Noah, "Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you're the righteous one.
Genesis 13:13
The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God .
The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God .
Psalms 55:9
Come down hard, Lord—slit their tongues. I'm appalled how they've split the city Into rival gangs prowling the alleys Day and night spoiling for a fight, trash piled in the streets, Even shopkeepers gouging and cheating in broad daylight.
Come down hard, Lord—slit their tongues. I'm appalled how they've split the city Into rival gangs prowling the alleys Day and night spoiling for a fight, trash piled in the streets, Even shopkeepers gouging and cheating in broad daylight.
Ezekiel 8:17
He said, "Have you seen enough, son of man? Isn't it bad enough that Judah engages in these outrageous obscenities? They fill the country with violence and now provoke me even further with their obscene gestures. That's it. They have an angry God on their hands! From now on, no mercy. They can shout all they want, but I'm not listening."
He said, "Have you seen enough, son of man? Isn't it bad enough that Judah engages in these outrageous obscenities? They fill the country with violence and now provoke me even further with their obscene gestures. That's it. They have an angry God on their hands! From now on, no mercy. They can shout all they want, but I'm not listening."
Ezekiel 28:16
The Money Has Gone to Your Head God's Message came to me, "Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what God , the Master, says: "‘Your heart is proud, going around saying, "I'm a god. I sit on God's divine throne, ruling the sea"— You, a mere mortal, not even close to being a god, A mere mortal trying to be a god. Look, you think you're smarter than Daniel. No enigmas can stump you. Your sharp intelligence made you world-wealthy. You piled up gold and silver in your banks. You used your head well, worked good deals, made a lot of money. But the money has gone to your head, swelled your head—what a big head! "‘Therefore, God , the Master, says: "‘Because you're acting like a god, pretending to be a god, I'm giving fair warning: I'm bringing strangers down on you, the most vicious of all nations. They'll pull their swords and make hash of your reputation for knowing it all. They'll puncture the balloon of your god-pretensions. They'll bring you down from your self-made pedestal and bury you in the deep blue sea. Will you protest to your assassins, "You can't do that! I'm a god"? To them you're a mere mortal. They're killing a man, not a god. You'll die like a stray dog, killed by strangers— Because I said so. Decree of God , the Master.'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, raise a funeral song over the king of Tyre. Tell him, A Message from God , the Master: "You had everything going for you. You were in Eden, God's garden. You were dressed in splendor, your robe studded with jewels: Carnelian, peridot, and moonstone, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald, all in settings of engraved gold. A robe was prepared for you the same day you were created. You were the anointed cherub. I placed you on the mountain of God. You strolled in magnificence among the stones of fire. From the day of your creation you were sheer perfection... and then imperfection—evil!—was detected in you. In much buying and selling you turned violent, you sinned! I threw you, disgraced, off the mountain of God. I threw you out—you, the anointed angel-cherub. No more strolling among the gems of fire for you! Your beauty went to your head. You corrupted wisdom by using it to get worldly fame. I threw you to the ground, sent you sprawling before an audience of kings and let them gloat over your demise. By sin after sin after sin, by your corrupt ways of doing business, you defiled your holy places of worship. So I set a fire around and within you. It burned you up. I reduced you to ashes. All anyone sees now when they look for you is ashes, a pitiful mound of ashes. All who once knew you now throw up their hands: ‘This can't have happened! This has happened!'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Sidon. Preach against it. Say, ‘Message from God , the Master: "‘Look! I'm against you, Sidon. I intend to be known for who I truly am among you.' They'll know that I am God when I set things right and reveal my holy presence. I'll order an epidemic of disease there, along with murder and mayhem in the streets. People will drop dead right and left, as war presses in from every side. Then they'll realize that I mean business, that I am God . "No longer will Israel have to put up with their thistle-and-thorn neighbors Who have treated them so contemptuously. And they also will realize that I am God ." God , the Master, says, "When I gather Israel from the peoples among whom they've been scattered and put my holiness on display among them with all the nations looking on, then they'll live in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. They'll live there in safety. They'll build houses. They'll plant vineyards, living in safety. Meanwhile, I'll bring judgment on all the neighbors who have treated them with such contempt. And they'll realize that I am God ."
The Money Has Gone to Your Head God's Message came to me, "Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what God , the Master, says: "‘Your heart is proud, going around saying, "I'm a god. I sit on God's divine throne, ruling the sea"— You, a mere mortal, not even close to being a god, A mere mortal trying to be a god. Look, you think you're smarter than Daniel. No enigmas can stump you. Your sharp intelligence made you world-wealthy. You piled up gold and silver in your banks. You used your head well, worked good deals, made a lot of money. But the money has gone to your head, swelled your head—what a big head! "‘Therefore, God , the Master, says: "‘Because you're acting like a god, pretending to be a god, I'm giving fair warning: I'm bringing strangers down on you, the most vicious of all nations. They'll pull their swords and make hash of your reputation for knowing it all. They'll puncture the balloon of your god-pretensions. They'll bring you down from your self-made pedestal and bury you in the deep blue sea. Will you protest to your assassins, "You can't do that! I'm a god"? To them you're a mere mortal. They're killing a man, not a god. You'll die like a stray dog, killed by strangers— Because I said so. Decree of God , the Master.'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, raise a funeral song over the king of Tyre. Tell him, A Message from God , the Master: "You had everything going for you. You were in Eden, God's garden. You were dressed in splendor, your robe studded with jewels: Carnelian, peridot, and moonstone, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald, all in settings of engraved gold. A robe was prepared for you the same day you were created. You were the anointed cherub. I placed you on the mountain of God. You strolled in magnificence among the stones of fire. From the day of your creation you were sheer perfection... and then imperfection—evil!—was detected in you. In much buying and selling you turned violent, you sinned! I threw you, disgraced, off the mountain of God. I threw you out—you, the anointed angel-cherub. No more strolling among the gems of fire for you! Your beauty went to your head. You corrupted wisdom by using it to get worldly fame. I threw you to the ground, sent you sprawling before an audience of kings and let them gloat over your demise. By sin after sin after sin, by your corrupt ways of doing business, you defiled your holy places of worship. So I set a fire around and within you. It burned you up. I reduced you to ashes. All anyone sees now when they look for you is ashes, a pitiful mound of ashes. All who once knew you now throw up their hands: ‘This can't have happened! This has happened!'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Sidon. Preach against it. Say, ‘Message from God , the Master: "‘Look! I'm against you, Sidon. I intend to be known for who I truly am among you.' They'll know that I am God when I set things right and reveal my holy presence. I'll order an epidemic of disease there, along with murder and mayhem in the streets. People will drop dead right and left, as war presses in from every side. Then they'll realize that I mean business, that I am God . "No longer will Israel have to put up with their thistle-and-thorn neighbors Who have treated them so contemptuously. And they also will realize that I am God ." God , the Master, says, "When I gather Israel from the peoples among whom they've been scattered and put my holiness on display among them with all the nations looking on, then they'll live in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. They'll live there in safety. They'll build houses. They'll plant vineyards, living in safety. Meanwhile, I'll bring judgment on all the neighbors who have treated them with such contempt. And they'll realize that I am God ."
Habakkuk 2:8
class="poetry"> What's God going to say to my questions? I'm braced for the worst. I'll climb to the lookout tower and scan the horizon. I'll wait to see what God says, how he'll answer my complaint. And then God answered: "Write this. Write what you see. Write it out in big block letters so that it can be read on the run. This vision-message is a witness pointing to what's coming. It aches for the coming—it can hardly wait! And it doesn't lie. If it seems slow in coming, wait. It's on its way. It will come right on time. "Look at that man, bloated by self-importance— full of himself but soul-empty. But the person in right standing before God through loyal and steady believing is fully alive, really alive. "Note well: Money deceives. The arrogant rich don't last. They are more hungry for wealth than the grave is for cadavers. Like death, they always want more, but the ‘more' they get is dead bodies. They are cemeteries filled with dead nations, graveyards filled with corpses. Don't give people like this a second thought. Soon the whole world will be taunting them: "‘Who do you think you are— getting rich by stealing and extortion? How long do you think you can get away with this?' Indeed, how long before your victims wake up, stand up and make you the victim? You've plundered nation after nation. Now you'll get a taste of your own medicine. All the survivors are out to plunder you, a payback for all your murders and massacres.
class="poetry"> What's God going to say to my questions? I'm braced for the worst. I'll climb to the lookout tower and scan the horizon. I'll wait to see what God says, how he'll answer my complaint. And then God answered: "Write this. Write what you see. Write it out in big block letters so that it can be read on the run. This vision-message is a witness pointing to what's coming. It aches for the coming—it can hardly wait! And it doesn't lie. If it seems slow in coming, wait. It's on its way. It will come right on time. "Look at that man, bloated by self-importance— full of himself but soul-empty. But the person in right standing before God through loyal and steady believing is fully alive, really alive. "Note well: Money deceives. The arrogant rich don't last. They are more hungry for wealth than the grave is for cadavers. Like death, they always want more, but the ‘more' they get is dead bodies. They are cemeteries filled with dead nations, graveyards filled with corpses. Don't give people like this a second thought. Soon the whole world will be taunting them: "‘Who do you think you are— getting rich by stealing and extortion? How long do you think you can get away with this?' Indeed, how long before your victims wake up, stand up and make you the victim? You've plundered nation after nation. Now you'll get a taste of your own medicine. All the survivors are out to plunder you, a payback for all your murders and massacres.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For, behold, the Lord commandeth,.... Hath determined and ordered the judgment before, and what follows: Kimchi paraphrases it, hath decreed the earthquake, as in Amos 3:15; of which he understands the following:
and he will smite the great house with breaches; or "droppings" h; so that the rain shall drop through:
and the little house with clefts; so that it shall fall to ruin; that is, he shall smite the houses both of great and small, of the princes, and of the common people, either with an earthquake, so that they shall part asunder and fall; or, being left without inhabitants, shall of course become desolate, there being none to repair their breaches. Some understand, by the "great house", the ten tribes of Israel; and, by the "little house", the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin; to which sense the Targum seems to incline,
"he will smite the great kingdom with a mighty stroke, and the little kingdom with a weak stroke.''
h רסיסים "guttis, [seu] stillis", Piscator; ψεκαδες, "quae est minuta et rorans pluvia", Drusius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The Lord commandeth and He will smite - Jerome: “If He commandeth, how doth He smite? If He smiteth, how doth He command? In that thing which He “commands” and enjoins His ministers, He Himself is seen to “smite.” In Egypt the Lord declares that He killed the first-born, who, we read, were slain by “the destroyer” Exodus 12:23. The “breaches” denote probably the larger, “the cleft” the smaller ruin. The greater pile was the more greatly destroyed.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Amos 6:11. He will smote the great house with breaches — The great and small shall equally suffer; no distinction shall be made; rich and poor shall fall together; death has received his commission, and he will spare none. Horace has a sentiment precisely like this, Carm. Lib. i., Od. iv., v. 13.
Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum TABERNAS,
Regumque TURRES.
With equal pace impartial fate
Knocks at the palace as the cottage gate.
But this may refer particularly to the houses of the poor in Eastern countries; their mud walls being frequently full of clefts; the earth of which they are built seldom adhering together because of its sandiness.
