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11 Look, the Lord is giving an order;
        he will shatter the great house into bits
        and the little house into pieces.
12 Do horses run on rocks?
        Does one plow the sea with oxen?
    But you have turned justice into poison
        and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness—
13     you who rejoice in Lo-debar,
    who say, “Haven’t we by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”

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11 For the Lord has given the command,
    and he will smash(A) the great house(B) into pieces
    and the small house into bits.(C)

12 Do horses run on the rocky crags?
    Does one plow the sea[a] with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison(D)
    and the fruit of righteousness(E) into bitterness(F)
13 you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar[b]
    and say, “Did we not take Karnaim[c] by our own strength?(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:12 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text plow there
  2. Amos 6:13 Lo Debar means nothing.
  3. Amos 6:13 Karnaim means horns; horn here symbolizes strength.