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Amos 6:12

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
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:
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE

Do horses gallop on cliffs? Would anyone try to plow rocky ground with oxen? Of course not — that would be absolutely ridiculous. But that's exactly how backwards you've made things. You've turned justice into something bitter and poisonous, and you've made doing what's right feel toxic.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

You've made justice and righteousness so backwards that it's like trying to farm on a mountain — completely against how things are supposed to work.

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