For I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.
Amos 6:12 - Tree of Life Version Will horses run on the cliff? Will one plow there with oxen? Yet you turned justice into venom, the fruit of righteousness into wormwood. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do horses run upon rocks? Do men plow the ocean with oxen? But you have turned justice into [the poison of] gall and the fruit of righteousness into [the bitterness of] wormwood– American Standard Version (1901) Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood; Common English Bible 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— Catholic Public Domain Version For behold, the Lord has commanded, and he will strike the greater house with catastrophes, and the lesser house with divisions. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts. |
For I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.
Adonai, do Your eyes not look for faithfulness? You struck them, but they did not grieve. You disciplined them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to return.
You have plowed up wickedness, you have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of delusion, for you have trusted in your own way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
They spoke words— empty oaths to make a covenant. But judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
I will cut off the ruler from her midst, and slay all her princes with him. Thus Adonai has said. As for Judah and Israel
They do not know how to be honest, —declares Adonai— those who are saving up violence and destruction in their citadels.
Both hands are diligent at doing evil. The official and the judge ask for a bribe. The distinguished man utters a desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in shalom by those who make shalom.