Amos 6:11

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

Cross-reference

Amos 6:8 Parallel

Amos 6:8 records God's oath to destroy the city — verse 11 then executes that sworn judgment.

Amos 3:15 Parallel

Amos 3:15 similarly describes houses being destroyed — a parallel oracle underscoring God's judgment on Israel's pride.

Amos 9:1 Parallel

Amos 9:1 similarly depicts God commanding to strike and shatter, reinforcing the theme of divine judgment on buildings and people.

Amos 3:6 Parallel

Amos 3:6 teaches that disaster comes from the Lord, grounding the judgment command here in God's sovereignty.

Amos 3:7 Parallel

Amos 3:7 reveals that God first discloses his plans to prophets, showing the destruction commanded here was foretold.

Amos 9:9 Parallel

Amos 9:9 uses the same 'I will command' phrase and describes shaking Israel, though with a sifting metaphor rather than smashing.

2 Kings 25:9 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Kings 25:9 records the burning of Jerusalem's great houses — fulfilling the destruction prophesied in Amos.

Isaiah 55:11 reinforces that God's word never fails — directly paralleling the unstoppable destruction ordered in Amos.

Luke 19:44 Parallel

In Luke 19:44, Jesus' prophecy of Jerusalem's destruction mirrors Amos's image of houses smashed to pieces — both divine judgment reducing buildings to rubble.

Isaiah 5:9 Parallel

In Isaiah 5:9, the same judgment of desolate houses appears — large and beautiful houses left empty, directly paralleling Amos's smashed houses.

Jeremiah 52:13 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 52:13 records the burning of great houses in Jerusalem — a direct historical fulfillment of the kind of judgment Amos prophesies.

Isaiah 10:5 Parallel

Isaiah 10:5 presents Assyria as God's rod of anger, showing God uses agents to judge—here the command is to smash directly.

Isaiah 10:6 Parallel

Isaiah 10:6 continues: God commands Assyria to plunder and trample—another example of God commanding destruction, though through a foreign nation.

Isaiah 13:3 Parallel

Isaiah 13:3 has God commanding his consecrated ones to execute his anger—similar to the command here, but the agents are different.

Isaiah 46:11 emphasizes God's spoken word accomplishes its purpose — mirroring the effective command in Amos.