Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Amos 3:15 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 15. 15And 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.
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Quick Meaning
This verse strikes seasonal residences, ivory-decorated houses, and great houses together.
Horns cut off at Bethel
This verse is one part of that explanation in Amos 3:13-15. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Amos 3:13-15
Read Amos 3:15 with 3:13-15. This verse strikes seasonal residences, ivory-decorated houses, and great houses together. The complete unit establishes this movement: Cultic security at Bethel and elite architectural excess share one judgment: altar horns are cut off and seasonal ivory-decorated houses collapse.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The unit joins sanctuary and household wealth, refusing to let worship hide the economy that sustains elite comfort. Within that movement, this verse strikes seasonal residences, ivory-decorated houses, and great houses together.
What Remains True
Elite property does not erase the labor and harm through which it may have been secured.
How It Can Shape Life
- Audit luxury with evidence rather than assuming every beautiful home is guilty.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Amos 3:13-15 — Bethel's Altars and Luxury Houses Fall TogetherSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Amos 3:13-15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Amos
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, wordplays, names, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Amos.xml, 3:13-15
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Amos with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual, literary, historical, and uncertainty notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Amos PDF, printed pp. 1711, translation and notes on 3:13-15
Open source ↗