Amos 6:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

Horses

For

General references

Matthew 13:5

Mark 4:5

Luke 8:6

Bible References

Horses

Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;

O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.

The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.

But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;

For

You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

Then Jezebel, his wife, said, Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, take food, and let your heart be glad; I will give you the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite.

What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.

Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.

Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

Why do you make me see evil-doing, and why are my eyes fixed on wrong? for wasting and violent acts are before me: and there is fighting and bitter argument.

You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

General references

And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:

And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.