The Meaning of Amos 6:11 Explained

Amos 6:11

KJV: For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

YLT: For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house with breaches, And the little house with clefts.

Darby: For behold, Jehovah commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

ASV: For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

Discover Amos 6:11

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Amos 6:11?

MEANING: What does Amos 6:11 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Amos 6:11 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Amos 6:11?

What is the context of Amos 6:11?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

What does Amos 6:11 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Yahweh was going to command the utter destruction of all houses in Samaria, small and great. Not only would the people of the city die ( Amos 6:9-10), but the houses of the rich and poor would also perish.

Context Summary

Amos 6:1-14 - "woe To Them That Are At Ease In Zion!"

Zion is included with Samaria in this prophecy and the nobles are especially condemned for their drunkenness, gluttony, and insolence. The prophet quotes the example of great neighboring peoples as a warning that the abuse of God's good gifts leads to their withdrawal. Calneh on the Tigris, and Hamath, had fallen before Assyria; Gath, also, had been recently overwhelmed-how unlikely, therefore, that Israel, eaten through by extravagance and luxury, could endure. National dissolution is not far away, when palaces are filled with riot while the poor rot in neglect. It was thus that Joseph's brethren ate their food at the pit's mouth, while Joseph lay beneath. Many professing Christians are similarly "at ease," indifferent to their brother's woe.

The greatness of approaching judgment is illustrated by a simple incident. A household of eleven is smitten by plague; ten die, one only survives. So great has been the mortality that no nearer relative than an uncle is left to carry out the dead for cremation; and when the matter of a funeral service is broached, the suggestion is instantly met by the remark, "Those old customs cannot be observed amid the stress of such a time; we do not now mention God's name." Funeral rites would pass out of use. God's dealings with His people had been as useless as plowing rocks would be. [source]

Chapter Summary: Amos 6

¹ The wantonness of Israel,
⁷ shall be plagued with desolation;
¹² and their incorrigibleness shall end in affliction

What do the individual words in Amos 6:11 mean?

For behold Yahweh gives a command and He will break the house great into bits and the house little into pieces

כִּֽי־ הִנֵּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ מְצַוֶּ֔ה וְהִכָּ֛ה הַבַּ֥יִת הַגָּד֖וֹל רְסִיסִ֑ים וְהַבַּ֥יִת הַקָּטֹ֖ן בְּקִעִֽים

הִנֵּ֤ה	behold
Parse: Interjection Root: הִנֵּה Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
יְהוָה֙	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מְצַוֶּ֔ה	gives a command
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular Root: צָוָה Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
וְהִכָּ֛ה	and He will break
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָכָה Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
הַבַּ֥יִת	the house
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
הַגָּד֖וֹל	great
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular Root: גָּבֹול Sense: great.
רְסִיסִ֑ים	into bits
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: רָסִיס Sense: drop (of dew).
וְהַבַּ֥יִת	and the house
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
הַקָּטֹ֖ן	little
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular Root: קָטָן Sense: young, small, insignificant, unimportant.
בְּקִעִֽים	into pieces
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: בָּקִיעַ Sense: fissure, breach, cleft.

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