Āmósīshū 6:12

12 Mǎ qǐnéng zaì yá shí shang bēnpǎo . rén qǐnéng zaì nàli yòng niú gēngzhòng ne . nǐmen què shǐ gōngping biàn wèi kǔdǎn , shǐ gōngyì de guǒzi biàn wéi yīn £¿ £¿ .

Āmósīshū 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 ) .

Āmósīshū 6:12 In-Context

10 Sǐ rén de bǎi shū , jiù shì shāo tā shī shǒu de , yào jiāng zhè shī shǒu bān dào fáng waì , wèn fángwū neì jiān de rén shuō , nǐ nàli hái yǒu rén méiyǒu . tā bì shuō , méiyǒu . yòu shuō , búyào zuò shēng , yīnwei wǒmen bùkĕ tí Yēhéhuá de míng .

11 Kàn nǎ , Yēhéhuá chū líng , dà fáng jiù beì gōng pò , xiǎo wū jiù beì dá liè .

12 Mǎ qǐnéng zaì yá shí shang bēnpǎo . rén qǐnéng zaì nàli yòng niú gēngzhòng ne . nǐmen què shǐ gōngping biàn wèi kǔdǎn , shǐ gōngyì de guǒzi biàn wéi yīn £¿ £¿ .

13 Nǐmen xǐaì xūfú de shì , zì kuā shuō , wǒmen bú shì píng zìjǐ de lìliang qǔ le jiǎo ma .

14 Yēhéhuá , wàn jūn zhī shén shuō , Yǐsèliè jiā a , wǒ bì xīngqǐ yī guó gōngjī nǐmen . tāmen bì qīyē nǐmen , cóng hǎ mǎ kǒu zhídào Yàlá bā de hé .