Amós 6:12

12 Acaso correrão cavalos pelos rochedos? Lavrar-se-á ali com bois? Mas vós haveis tornado o juízo em fel, e o fruto da justiça em alosna;

Amós 6:12 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 6:12

Shall horses run upon the rocks? or will [one] plough [there]
with oxen?
&c.] Will any man be so weak and foolish, to propose or attempt a race for horses upon rocks, where they and their riders would be in danger of breaking their necks? or would any man act so unwise a part, as to take a yoke of oxen to plough with them upon a rock, where no impression can be made? as vain and fruitless a thing it would be to attempt to bring such persons under a conviction of their sins, and to repentance for them, and reformation from them, who are given up to a judicial hardness of heart, like that of a rock, as are the persons described in the next clause; or as such methods with horses and oxen would be contrary to all the rules of reason and prudence, so as contrary a part do such persons act whose characters are next given, and there is no probability of bringing them to better sense and practice of things; for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness
into hemlock;
that which would be beneficial to a nation, than which nothing is more so, as the exercise of justice, and judgment, into that which is bitter and pernicious to it, as injustice and oppression; see ( Amos 5:7 ) .

Amós 6:12 In-Context

10 Quando o parente de alguém, aquele que o queima, o tomar para levar-lhe os ossos para fora da casa, e disser ao que estiver no mais interior da casa: Está ainda alguém contigo? e este responder: Ninguém; então lhe dirá ele: Cala-te, porque não devemos fazer menção do nome do Senhor.

11 Pois eis que o Senhor ordena, e a casa grande será despedaçada, e a casa pequena reduzida a fragmentos.

12 Acaso correrão cavalos pelos rochedos? Lavrar-se-á ali com bois? Mas vós haveis tornado o juízo em fel, e o fruto da justiça em alosna;

13 vós que vos alegrais de nada, vós que dizeis: Não nos temos nós tornado poderosos por nossa própria força?

14 Pois eis que eu levantarei contra vós, ó casa de Israel, uma nação, diz o Senhor Deus dos exércitos, e ela vos oprimirá, desde a entrada de Hamate até o ribeiro da Arabá.