Catholic Public Domain Version
"Can horses gallop across rocks, or is anyone able to plough with gazelles? For you have turned judgment into bitterness and the fruit of justice into wormwood. "
— Amos 6:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?”
“ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? ”
“you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'”
“You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say,“Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?””
“Can horses run upon the rocks, or can any one plough with buffles? for you have turned judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood.”
“You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?”
“Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?”
And his closest relative will steal him away and will burn him, so that he may carry the bones out of the house. And he will say to him that is in the inner most rooms of the house, “Now is there any left that still belongs to you?”
And he will answer, “It is finished.” And he will say to him, “Be silent and do not call to mind the name of the Lord.”
For behold, the Lord has commanded, and he will strike the greater house with catastrophes, and the lesser house with divisions.
Can horses gallop across rocks, or is anyone able to plough with gazelles? For you have turned judgment into bitterness and the fruit of justice into wormwood.
You rejoice in emptiness. You say, “Have we not, by our own strength, taken horns for ourselves?”
For behold, house of Israel, I will raise up a people over you, says the Lord God of hosts, and they will crush you from the entrance of Hamath all the way to the burning of the desert.