Amos 3:15


“And I shall tear down the winter house with the summer house;
And the houses of ivory shall also perish
And the great houses shall come to an end,”
Says the Lord.

Judges 3:20

Ehud came to him as he was sitting alone in his [private] cool upper chamber, and Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” And the king got up from his seat.

1 Kings 22:39

Now the rest of Ahab’s acts, and everything that he did, the ivory palace which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Jeremiah 36:22

Now it was the ninth month, and the king was sitting in the winter house, with a fire burning there in the brazier before him.

Amos 6:11

For behold, the Lord is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.

Psalm 45:8


All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia;
From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad.

Isaiah 5:9


In my ears the Lord of hosts said, “Be assured that many houses will become desolate,
Even great and beautiful ones will be unoccupied.

Amos 3:11

Therefore, thus says the Lord God,

“An adversary (Assyria), even one surrounding the land,
Shall pull down your strength from you
And your fortresses will be looted.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The winter

The summer

The houses

General references

Bible References

The winter

Jeremiah 36:22
Now it was the ninth month, and the king was sitting in the winter house, with a fire burning there in the brazier before him.

The summer

Judges 3:20
Ehud came to him as he was sitting alone in his [private] cool upper chamber, and Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” And the king got up from his seat.

The houses

1 Kings 22:39
Now the rest of Ahab’s acts, and everything that he did, the ivory palace which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

The great

Amos 3:11
Therefore, thus says the Lord God,

“An adversary (Assyria), even one surrounding the land,
Shall pull down your strength from you
And your fortresses will be looted.”
Amos 6:11
For behold, the Lord is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.
Isaiah 5:9

In my ears the Lord of hosts said, “Be assured that many houses will become desolate,
Even great and beautiful ones will be unoccupied.

General references

Isaiah 17:9

In that day the strong cities of Aram and Israel will be like deserted places in the forest,
Or like branches which they abandoned before the children of Israel;
And the land will be a desolation.