The prophet shows the folly of these evil doers who think in their own strength to defy judgment and to resist the enemy whom God is sending against them.
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Amos 6:12-14
The Pulpit Commentary on Amos 6:12-14
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Amos 6:1-14EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Amos 6:8-14How 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 will not be brought to me…Matthew HenrycommentaryThreatenings of Judgment. (b. c. 790.)THREATENINGS OF JUDGMENT. (B. C. 790.) In the former part of the chapter we had these secure Israelites loading themselves with pleasures, as if they could never be made merry enough; here we have God loading them with…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Amos 6:12The vanity of the sinner's principles and hopes. The perfect naturalness and genuineness of Amos must be apparent to every reader. The sources from which he drew his graphic imagery were his own life and experiences. As…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Amos 6:12Shall horses run upon the rock? Can horses gallop safely over places covered with rocks and stones? Will one plough there with oxen? Do men plough the rock with their oxen? The answer, of course, is "No." Yet your condu…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Amos 6:12Man's perverting power. "For ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock." The meaning of this is that they had turned the best things into bad use. Judgment and righteousness, the law…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Amos 6:12Trying the impossible. "Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plough there with oxen?" The folly of expecting real prosperity by committing acts of injustice or pursuing courses of sin is here forcibly represented by…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Amos 6:12-14The doomed people who will not turn. Sin brings often present gain, but it never pays in the end. When the balance is struck, the wrong doer always finds it on the wrong side of the book. A sinner is one who sets himsel…Joseph S. Exell and contributors