11 For behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

12 Shall horses [a]run upon the rock? or will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into [b]wormwood.

13 Yet rejoice in a thing of nought: ye say, Have not we gotten us [c]horns by our own strength?

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:12 He compareth them to barren rocks, whereupon it is in vain to bestow labor: showing that God’s benefits can have no place among them.
  2. Amos 6:12 Read Amos 5:7.
  3. Amos 6:13 That is, power and glory.

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