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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 6:12

Shall horses run, &c.— Shall horses run upon the sharp rock, or shall it be plowed with oxen? Because ye have turned, &c. As much as to say, "You pervert the use of things: for judgments are appointed to support and comfort the oppressed, and you use them in order to oppress; as if any one should abuse oxen for the ploughing of a barren rock." See Houbigant.

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See also Amos 6:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Amos 6:12. _SHALL HORSES RUN UPON THE ROCK_] First, they _could not_ do it, because they were _unshod_; for the shoeing of horses with _iron_ was not then known. Secondly, If they did run on th...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The two images both represent a toil, which people would condemn as absurd, destructive, as well as fruitless. The horse’s hoofs or his limbs would be broken; the plowing-gear would be destroyed. The...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 6 The Fourth Discourse _ 1. Woe to them that are at ease in Zion (Amos 6:1) _ 2. The punishment announced (Amos 6:7) Amos 6:1. This woe concerns the great men, the chiefs of the nation, who...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE MISERABLE FATE OF THESE RULERS. Yahweh solemnly declares (Amos 6:8) that the pride (_mg.)_ of Jacob, the vainglory which has displaced true glory, has become an abomination to Him. There follows a...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SHALL HORSES... WILL... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. there or, supply "[the seal". for. Supply "[with equal madness]". HEMLOCK. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:18, same word as `worm...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    DO _horses run upon_ CRAGS? DOTH one _plow_(there) _with oxen?_or (dividing one word into two) DOTH _one plow_ THE SEA WITH AN OX? THAT _ye_ HAVE TURNED _judgement into_ POISON, &c. The two questions...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _GOD PROMISED PUNISHMENT AGAINST ISRAEL -- AMOS 6:11-14:_ God had commanded that complete destruction come upon both the land and the people. That is why we can understand that none would be left. God...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    RIGHTEOUSNESS DEMANDS REPENTANCEFALSE PRIDE TURNS RIGHTEOUSNESS TO BITTERNESS TEXT: Amos 6:9-14 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 10 And when...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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: SHALL HORSES RUN UPON THE ROCK? WILL ONE PLOW THER...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FOURTH ADDRESS 1-3. False security of Judah and Israel. 4-6. Carelessness and luxury. 7-11. Captivity, siege, death, ruin. 12, 13. Preposterous errors. 14. The coming of the avenger. 1, 2. Re...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD AMOS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 6 GOD WILL CAUSE THE GOOD TIMES IN ISRAEL TO END V1 Oh, it will be very bad for you people in *Zion. You do not think t...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    The questions require a negative answer, and show that the conduct of Israel is as inconsistent and senseless as the supposition involved in the interrogation: that horses should climb steep cliffs, o...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַ יְרֻצ֤וּן בַּ † סֶּ֨לַע֙ סוּסִ֔ים אִֽם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    3. "AT EASE IN ZION" Amos 6:1 The evil of the national worship was the false political confidence which it engendered. Leaving the ritual alone, Amos now proceeds to assault this confidence. We are t...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “WOE TO THEM THAT ARE AT EASE IN ZION!” Amos 6:1-14 Zion is included with Samaria in this prophecy and the nobles are especially condemned for their drunkenness, gluttony, and insolence. The prophet...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    From the formalists the prophet turned toward those who had lost all sense of the spiritual and the moral, and were indifferent, those were ''at ease in Zion," and "secure upon the mountains of Samari...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Shall horses (n) run upon the rock? will [one] plow [there] with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into (o) hemlock: (n) He compares them to barren rocks, up...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Clefts. All shall perish, (Calmet) both Israel and Juda. (Chaldean) (Grotius) --- But he speaks only of the former._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Probably the captivity here spoken of, in the first sense, had a reference to the Babylonish captivity. But I humbly conceive it had respect to another of an higher nature in a spiritual sense. But, R...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    This verse interpreters misrepresent; for some think that the Prophet, by these figurative expressions, means, that the people were wholly unprofitable as to any thing good; as some one says, “The slo...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 6 dwells upon the false confidence that deceived the heads of Israel. A similar judgment to that of Calneh and Hamath might fall upon Israel. Their chief men gave themselves up to luxury, as t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SHALL HORSES RUN UPON THE ROCKS? OR WILL [ONE] PLOUGH [THERE] WITH OXEN?.... Will any man be so weak and foolish, to propose or attempt a race for horses upon rocks, where they and their riders would...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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: Ver. 12. _Shall horses run upon the rock_] Is it...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Shall horses run upon the rock?_ “Is it possible that horses should run upon the steep and craggy cliffs? So impossible is it that ye Israelites should continue to prosper, while ye remain thus sinfu...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE DESTRUCTION OF THE KINGDOM FORETOLD...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Shall horses run upon the rock? Will one plow there with oxen? As little as either feat is possible, so little is it possible that one, by perverting right and justice into the opposite, can bring del...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-14 How dreadful, how miserable, is the case of those whose eternal ruin the Lord himself has sworn; for he can execute his purpose, and none can alter it! Those hearts are wretchedly hardened that...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SHALL HORSES RUN UPON THE ROCK? would it not be dangerous to horse and rider? If prophets and pious men exhort, threaten, or advise, they endanger themselves, it does no more good than if you would ru...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Amos 6:12 horses H5483 run H7323 (H8799) rocks H5553 plow H2790 (H8799) oxen H1241 turned H2015 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SECOND WOE ON THOSE WHO COMPLACENTLY RELAXED, DEPENDING ON YHWH'S PROTECTION, WHILE THEY ALSO TOTALLY IGNORED HIS REQUIREMENTS (AMOS 6:1). While Amos's mission was to Israel he never overlooked th...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Woe pronounced upon those at ease in sin abandoned by God. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Many are puffed up and rocked to sleep in carnal security by the position they occupy in the...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Amos 6:1. _The mountain of Samaria._ This city was built on a hill, like Zion, to make it impregnable. See note on Isaiah 28:1. Amos 6:2. _Calneh,_ or Ctesiphon. It was situate almost opposite Seleuci...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Shall horses run upon the rock?_ will one plough there with oxen? LABOUR IN VAIN These expressions are proverbs, taken from the familiar sayings of the east country. A proverb is generally a sword...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 6:12 Perverting JUSTICE and RIGHTEOUSNESS is as unnatural as HORSES choosing to RUN ON ROCKS or a farmer planting crops on a rock pile.

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] AMOS 6:12.] As horses and oxen are useless on a rock, so ye are incapable of fulfilling justice [_Grotius_]. The comparison indicates the folly of expecting prosperity while committi...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION AMOS 6:1 With a second woe the prophet denounces the chiefs of the whole nation, who were quite satisfied with the present state of things, and, revelling in luxury, feared no coming judg...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn in our Bibles to Amos chapter 6. The Northern Kingdom of Israel has become apostate. They are living in luxury, carelessness, indifference towards God, when suddenly their peace is distu...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 21:7; Acts 7:51; Acts 7:52; Amos 5:11; Amos 5:12;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Shall horses — If prophets exhort or advise, it does no more good than if you would run your horses upon the precipices of rocks....

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