Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Amos 6:12 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Amos 6:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 6 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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:”
Amos 6:12 (KJV)
Commentary on Amos 6:12
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? (הַיְרֻצוּן בַּסֶּלַע סוּסִים אִם־יַחֲרוֹשׁ בַּבְּקָרִים, hayrutzun basela susim im-yacharosh bab'qarim)—two rhetorical questions about absurdities: horses can't gallop on rocky cliffs; oxen can't plow stone. Yet Israel's behavior is equally absurd: for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock (כִּי־הֲפַכְתֶּם לְרֹאשׁ מִשְׁפָּט וּפְרִי צְדָקָה לְלַעֲנָה, ki-hafachtem l'rosh mishpat ufri tz'dakah l'la'anah)—they've inverted justice (מִשְׁפָּט, mishpat) into poison (רֹאשׁ, rosh, literally 'head,'...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Amos 6:12
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“and cast down righteousness to the earth:”
“swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.”
“and turning away from following our God”
“and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of hewn stone”
“Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise”
“which brings about mischief by statute?”
“and your neck is an iron sinew”
“and turned their backs”
“That they may do evil with both hands earnestly”
“don't your eyes look on truth? you have stricken them”