NET Bible
"You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say,“Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?”"
— Amos 6:13, NET Bible
“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?'”
“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?”
When their close relatives, the ones who will burn the corpses, pick up their bodies to remove the bones from the house, they will say to anyone who is in the inner rooms of the house,“Is anyone else with you?” He will respond,“No one.” Then he will say,“Hush! Don’t invoke the LORD’s name!”
Indeed, look! The LORD is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.
Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant.
You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say,“Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?”
“Look! I am about to bring a nation against you, family of Israel.” The LORD, the God who commands armies, is speaking.“They will oppress you all the way from Lebo Hamath to the stream of the rift valley.”