Passage

Winter and summer houses

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹⁵I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,” says the LORD.

Amos 3:15World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The Lord announces the destruction of the winter house together with the summer house.

To understand

The houses of ivory will also perish. This announcement follows judgment on Israel’s transgressions and the altars of Bethel, whose horns will fall to the ground.

A question

Which two seasonal houses are named together in the judgment?