Amos Chapter 6 verse 11 Holy Bible
For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
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For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.
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For behold, Jehovah commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
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For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
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"For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, And the little house into bits.
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For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house `with' breaches, And the little house `with' clefts.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - The prophet confirms the judgment denounced in ver. 8. The Lord commandeth, and he will smite. The expression, thus taken, implies that God executes his commands through the ministers of his judgment; but it may well be rendered, "and men shall smite" (comp. Amos 9:9). Breaches... clefts. The great palace requires a breach to bring it to the ground; the little but is ruined by a small rent or cleft. All houses, great and small, shall be smitten. Possibly Israel and Judah are signified respectively by "the great house" and "the little house" (comp. Amos 9:11); and their treatment by the Assyrians may be thus symbolized.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Breaches.--For this read ruins. (See end of Note on Amos 6:8.) The overthrow of all classes of the population is here referred to.