Amos 6:12 References
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Do horses run on rocks? Or does one plow them with oxen? Yet you have turned ajustice into poison And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
a 1 Kings 21:7-13, Isaiah 59:13, Isaiah 59:14, Hosea 10:4, Amos 5:7, Amos 5:11, Amos 5:12
1 Kings 21
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Jezebel his wife said to him, "aDo you now reign over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."
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aSo she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to bthe elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city.
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Now she wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;
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and seat two aworthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'bYou cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and cstone him to death."
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So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent them.
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Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him; and the worthless men testified against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." aSo they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.
Isaiah 59
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Transgressing and adenying the Lord, And turning away from our God, Speaking boppression and revolt, Conceiving in and cuttering from the heart lying words.
Isaiah 59
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aJustice is turned back, And brighteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.
Hosea 10
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They speak mere words, With aworthless oaths they make covenants; And bjudgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
Amos 5
Amos 5
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Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor And exact a tribute of grain from them, Though you have built ahouses of well-hewn stone, Yet you will not live in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will bnot drink their wine.