And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.
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Barnes' Notes
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house - Upon idolatry, there follow luxury and pride. “So wealthy were they,” says Jerome, “as to possess two sorts of houses, “the winter house”…
Adam Clarke
I will smite the winter house with the summer house - I will not only destroy the poor habitations and villages in the country, but I will destroy those of the nobility and gentry as well as the lofty…
The Israelites are here again convicted and condemned, and particular notice given of the crimes they are convicted of and the punishment they are condemned to.
1. Notice is given of it to their…
Cambridge Bible
the winter house See Jer 36:22.
with the summer house Eglon (Jdg 3:20) had a "cool upper story," i.e. an additional apartment, built on the flat roof of the house, with latticed windows, allowing free…
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