Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For the LORD has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits. New Living Translation When the LORD gives the command, homes both great and small will be smashed to pieces. English Standard Version For behold, the LORD commands, and the great house shall be struck down into fragments, and the little house into bits. Berean Standard Bible For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.” King James Bible For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. 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. 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. NASB 1995 For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments. NASB 1977 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. Amplified Bible For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments. Christian Standard Bible For the LORD commands: The large house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble. Holman Christian Standard Bible For the LORD commands: The large house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble. American Standard Version For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts. Contemporary English Version At the LORD's command, houses great and small will be smashed to pieces. English Revised Version For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD is going to give the command to level big houses and flatten little houses. Good News Translation When the LORD gives the command, houses large and small will be smashed to pieces. International Standard Version For indeed, the LORD is giving the command— and he will smash the large house to rubble and the small house into bits. Majority Standard Bible For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.” NET Bible Indeed, look! The LORD is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces. New Heart English Bible "For, look, the LORD commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits. Webster's Bible Translation For behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor behold, YHWH is commanding, "" And He has struck the great house [with] breaches, "" And the little house [with] clefts. Young's Literal Translation For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house with breaches, And the little house with clefts. Smith's Literal Translation For behold, Jehovah commands, and he struck the great house with breaches, and the small house with clefts. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Indeed, the LORD has given the command to shatter the great house to bits, and reduce the small house to rubble. New Revised Standard Version See, the LORD commands, and the great house shall be shattered to bits, and the little house to pieces. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor, 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. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because, behold, LORD JEHOVAH shall go out and he shall strike the great house and he shall shake it and the little house, and he shall empty it OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For, behold, the LORD commandeth, And the great house shall be smitten into splinters, And the little house into chips. Brenton Septuagint Translation For, behold, the Lord commands, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with rents. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Pride of Israel…10And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.” 11For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.” 12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—… Cross References Isaiah 5:9 I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied. Jeremiah 25:9 behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation. Ezekiel 7:3-4 The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations. / I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’ Micah 3:12 Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge. 2 Kings 21:13 I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down. Isaiah 13:16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. Jeremiah 21:10 For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’ Ezekiel 24:13-14 Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided. / I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.” Hosea 13:16 Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open. Zephaniah 1:13 Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine. Matthew 24:2 “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” Luke 19:43-44 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. / They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.” Mark 13:2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” Revelation 18:8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” Matthew 23:38 Look, your house is left to you desolate. Treasury of Scripture For, behold, the LORD commands, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. the Lord. Amos 3:6,7 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? … Amos 9:1,9 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered… Psalm 105:16,31,34 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread… he will. Amos 6:8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. Amos 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. 2 Kings 25:9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. breaches. Ecclesiastes 10:18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. Jump to Previous Bits Breaches Broken Chips Clefts Command Commandeth Commanding Commands Cracks Fragments Full Great House Little Order Pieces Small Smash Smashed Smite Smitten SplintersJump to Next Bits Breaches Broken Chips Clefts Command Commandeth Commanding Commands Cracks Fragments Full Great House Little Order Pieces Small Smash Smashed Smite Smitten SplintersAmos 6 1. The wantonness of Israel,7. shall be plagued with desolation; 12. and their incorrigibleness shall end in affliction. For the LORD gives a command This phrase emphasizes the sovereignty and authority of God. The Hebrew word for "LORD" is "YHWH," the sacred name of God, which signifies His eternal and unchanging nature. The word "command" in Hebrew is "tsavah," which implies an authoritative order that must be obeyed. This highlights God's ultimate control over the events of history and His ability to enact judgment. In the context of Amos, this command is a divine decree against the complacency and injustice of Israel. The great house will be smashed to pieces and the small house to rubble Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel gives a command: מְצַוֶּ֔ה (mə·ṣaw·weh) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order “The great הַגָּד֖וֹל (hag·gā·ḏō·wl) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent house הַבַּ֥יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house will be smashed וְהִכָּ֛ה (wə·hik·kāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5221: To strike to pieces, רְסִיסִ֑ים (rə·sî·sîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7447: Dripping to pieces, a ruin, a dew-drop and the small הַקָּטֹ֖ן (haq·qā·ṭōn) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6996: Small, young, unimportant house וְהַבַּ֥יִת (wə·hab·ba·yiṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house to rubble.” בְּקִעִֽים׃ (bə·qi·‘îm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1233: Fissure, breach Links Amos 6:11 NIVAmos 6:11 NLT Amos 6:11 ESV Amos 6:11 NASB Amos 6:11 KJV Amos 6:11 BibleApps.com Amos 6:11 Biblia Paralela Amos 6:11 Chinese Bible Amos 6:11 French Bible Amos 6:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 6:11 For behold Yahweh commands and the great (Amo. 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