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10 Then one’s [a]uncle, or the one who [b](A)burns his bones, will lift him up to bring out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will [c]answer, “(B)Keep quiet. For [d]the name of Yahweh is (C)not to be mentioned.” 11 For behold, Yahweh is going to (D)command and will strike the (E)great house to pieces and the small house to fragments.

12 Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow [e]them with oxen?
Yet you have overturned (F)justice into gall
And the fruit of righteousness into [f]wormwood,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:10 Or beloved one
  2. Amos 6:10 Lit burns him
  3. Amos 6:10 Lit say
  4. Amos 6:10 Lit not to make mention of the name of
  5. Amos 6:12 Or the sea with oxen
  6. Amos 6:12 Or bitterness