Amos 6:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Do horses run over loose rocks? No, and people don’t use cows for plowing. But you turned everything upside down. You changed justice and goodness to bitter poison.

Cross References

Amos 5:7

You should go to the Lord for help. He is the one who made the Pleiades and Orion. He changes darkness into the morning light. He changes the day into the dark night. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the earth. His name is YAHWEH! He keeps one strong city safe, and he lets another strong city be destroyed.” You change justice to poison. You throw away fairness like trash.

Hosea 10:4

They make promises, but they are only telling lies. They don’t keep their promises. They make agreements with other countries. God does not like those agreements. The judges are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.

Isaiah 48:4

I did that because I knew you were stubborn. You were like iron that will not bend, with heads as hard as bronze.

Micah 7:3

People are good at doing bad things with both hands. Officials ask for bribes. Judges take money to change their decisions in court. “Important leaders” do whatever they want to do.

Hosea 10:13

But you planted evil, and you harvested trouble. You ate the fruit of your lies, because you had trusted in your power and your soldiers.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, I know that you want people to be loyal to you. You hit the people of Judah, but they did not feel any pain. You destroyed them, but they refused to learn their lesson. They became very stubborn. They refused to be sorry for the bad things they did.

James 3:18

People who work for peace in a peaceful way get the blessings that come from right living.

Amos 2:3

So I will bring an end to the kings of Moab, and I will kill all the leaders of Moab.” This is what the Lord said.