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