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
The king was sitting in the winter palace in the ninth month and a stove was burning in front of him.
The summer
Judges 3:20
Ehud approached him while he was sitting by himself in the cool roof chamber of his palace. He said, "I have a message from God for you!" So when Eglon got up from his seat,
The houses
1 Kings 22:39
Now as to the rest of Ahab's accomplishments, everything that he undertook, the ivory palace he built, and the cities that he built, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel, are they not?
The great
Amos 3:11
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "An enemy will surround the land. He will pull down your defenses, and plunder your fortified citadels."
Amos 6:11
For indeed, the LORD is giving the command and he will smash the large house to rubble and the small house into bits.
Isaiah 5:9
The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has declared this so I could hear it: "Surely many houses will become desolate, great and beautiful houses, without occupants.
General references
Isaiah 17:9
"At that time, their fortified cities that they abandoned because of the Israelis will be like desolate places of the forests and hilltops there will be desolation.