Amos 6:12 KJV — MannaFest

Amos 6:12

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

KJV

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ASV

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plowtherewith oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;

WEB

“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

YLT

Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough it with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.

DBT

Shall horses run upon the rock? will [men] plough [thereon] with oxen? For ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

About this book

Old Testament

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Amos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’

Author: Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
Date: c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel

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29 verses on the floor

Amos 5:7
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Amos 5:11–12
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

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The house of Israel came to them, that is, was divided into those kingdoms, of which Zion and Samaria were the mother cities. Those that were at ease were the princes and rulers, the great men, that were chief of the nations, chief of those two kingdoms, and to whom, having their residence in Zion and Samaria, the whole house of Israel applied for judgment.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Note, When our services of God are soured with sin his providences will justly be embittered to us. They had set the judgments of God at defiance, and, confiding in their own strength, thought themselves a match for Omnipotence,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

In turning "judgment (justice) into gall (poison), and . . . righteousness into hemlock" (or wormwood, bitter and noxious), ye act as perversely as if one were to make "horses run upon the rock" or to "plough with oxen there" [MAURER]. As horses and oxen are useless on a rock, so ye are incapable of fulfilling justice [GROTIUS].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

AMO 6:12AMO 5:7 DEU 29:18
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
AMO 6:12HOS 10:4 AMO 5:7
AMO 6:12HOS 10:4 HOS 4:2
AMO 6:12AMO 5:7 ZEP 1:6
AMO 6:12AMO 5:7 AMO 5:11-12
AMO 6:12AMO 5:7 HOS 10:4
AMO 6:12AMO 5:7 EZE 3:20
AMO 6:12HOS 10:4 EZE 17:13-19

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