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Amos 6:12

Listen to Amos 6:12
12 I cavalli romperanno essi le zolle su per le rocce? o vi si arerà co’ buoi? conciossiachè voi abbiate cangiato il giudicio in veleno, e il frutto della giustizia in assenzio;

Amos 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 ) .

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Amos 6:12 In-Context

10 E lo zio, o il cugin loro li torrà, e li brucerà, per trarre le ossa fuor della casa; e dirà a colui che sarà in fondo della casa: Evvi ancora alcuno teco? Ed esso dirà: Niuno. E colui gli dirà: Taci; perciocchè egli non è tempo di ricordare il Nome del Signore.
11 Perciocchè, ecco, il Signore dà commissione di percuotere le case grandi di ruine, e le case piccole di rotture.
12 I cavalli romperanno essi le zolle su per le rocce? o vi si arerà co’ buoi? conciossiachè voi abbiate cangiato il giudicio in veleno, e il frutto della giustizia in assenzio;
13 voi, che vi rallegrate di cose da nulla; che dite: Non abbiamo noi acquistate delle corna con la nostra forza?
14 Perciocchè, ecco, io fo sorgere contro a voi, o casa d’Israele, una nazione, che vi oppresserà dall’entrata di Hamat, fino al torrente del deserto, dice il Signore Iddio degli eserciti.
The Giovanni Diodati Bible is in the public domain.

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