Amos 6:12
“Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;”
— Amos 6:12
About this verse
Amos 6:12 comes from the book of Amos, written during the northern_kingdom period. The setting is perverted justice. These words are attributed to Amos. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the rhetorical_question genre of biblical literature. Key themes include justice, perversion, absurdity. Notable phrases: horses run on rocky crags; turned justice into poison. This verse contains prophecy.
Speaker
Amos
Era
northern_kingdom
Emotion
angry
Type
rhetorical_question
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