Amos 6:12
“Do horses gallop on the cliffs?
What it says
Amos asks whether horses run on rocks or oxen plow the sea, exposing Israel's moral absurdity.
What it is doing
This verse uses impossible images to indict perverted justice.
In context
8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself— the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: 9And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die. 10And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” 11For the LORD gives a command: 12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? 13you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, 14For behold, I will raise up a nation