Amos 6:11-13

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¹¹For behold, the Lord is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.

¹²
Do horses run on rocks?
Do men plow rocks with oxen? [Of course not!]
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (bitterness),
¹³
You who [self-confidently] rejoice in ^[a]Lo-debar (Nothing),
Who say, “Have we not by our own strength taken ^[b]Karnaim (Strength) for ourselves?”

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Footnotes

Amos 6:13 Lit a thing of nothing. Lo-debar and Karnaim apparently were Aramean sites that had been captured by Israel. Amos uses the meanings of these names in a play on words to rebuke Israel.
Amos 6:13 Lit a pair of horns. The horns of animals were regarded as symbols of power. Amos condemns Israel for claiming that their victories were achieved without God’s help.