For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Look, when God gives the word, he's going to tear down both the mansion and the tiny apartment, cracks and holes everywhere, no matter how big or small your place is.
When God decides it's judgment time, your house size won't save you.
📚 Historical Context
Amos was a prophet from Judah who preached to the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BC, during a period of economic prosperity and social injustice where the wealthy exploited the poor. In this verse, God warns through Amos that He will command destruction on both the grand houses of the elite and the simple homes of the common people, symbolizing that divine judgment would spare no one amid Israel's moral corruption and impending threats from foreign invaders like Assyria.
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