Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
commandeth, and he will smite—His word of command, when once given, cannot but be fulfilled (Isaiah 55:11). His mere word is enough to smite with destruction.
great house . . . little house—He will spare none, great or small (Amos 3:15). JEROME interprets "the great house" as Israel, and "the small house" as Judah: the former being reduced to branches or ruins, literally, "small drops"; the latter, though injured with "clefts" or rents, which threaten its fall, yet still permitted to stand.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Amos 6:11:
Amos 6:1
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