Shall horses run, &c.— Shall horses run upon the sharp rock, or shall it be plowed with oxen? Because ye have turned, &c. As much as to say, "You pervert the use of things: for judgments are appointed to support and comfort the oppressed, and you use them in order to oppress; as if any one should abuse oxen for the ploughing of a barren rock." See Houbigant.
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Amos 6:12
12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: