American Standard Version
"For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts. "
— Amos 6:11, American Standard Version
“For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.”
“"For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.”
“Indeed, look! The LORD is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.”
“And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall say to him: Hold thy peace, and mention not the name of the Lord.”
“For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.”
“For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.”
The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
And when a man’s uncle shall take him up, even he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold thy peace; for we may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.
For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plowtherewith oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;
ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of the Arabah.