Christian Standard Bible
Amos 5:10
10They hate the one who convicts the guilty at the city gate, and they despise the one who speaks with integrity.
Amos 5:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
- New International Version (NIV)There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They hate the one who rebukes in the gate, And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.
Context of Amos 5:10
8The one who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the water of the sea and pours it out over the surface of the earth — the Lord is his name. 9He brings destruction on the strong, and it falls on the fortress. They hate the one who convicts the guilty at the city gate, and they despise the one who speaks with integrity. 11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from him, you will never live in the houses of cut stone you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. 12For I know your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous, take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice at the city gates.
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שָׂנְא֥וּ בַשַּׁ֖עַר מוֹכִ֑יחַ וְדֹבֵ֥ר תָּמִ֖ים יְתָעֵֽבוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Amos 5:10
- Amos 7:10Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you right here in the house of Israel. The land cannot endure all his words,
- 1 Kings 18:17When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, the one ruining Israel?”
- 1 Kings 21:20Ahab said to Elijah, “So, my enemy, you’ve found me, have you?” He replied, “I have found you because you devoted yourself to do what is evil in the Lord’s sight.
- 1 Kings 22:8The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man who can inquire of the Lord, but I hate him because he never prophesies good about me, but only disaster. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king shouldn’t say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- 2 Chronicles 24:20The Spirit of God enveloped Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God says, ‘Why are you transgressing the Lord’s commands so that you do not prosper? Because you have abandoned the Lord, he has abandoned you.’”
- 2 Chronicles 25:16While he was still speaking to him, the king asked, “Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop, why should you lose your life?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God intends to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.”
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.
- Proverbs 9:7The one who corrects a mocker will bring abuse on himself; the one who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.
- Isaiah 29:21those who, with their speech, accuse a person of wrongdoing, who set a trap for the one mediating at the city gate and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.
- Jeremiah 20:7You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived. You seized me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all the time; everyone ridicules me.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me because I testify about it — that its works are evil.
- John 15:19If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.
- Revelation 11:10Those who live on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send gifts to one another because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.
- Jeremiah 17:16But I have not run away from being your shepherd, and I have not longed for the fatal day. You know my words were spoken in your presence.
- John 3:20For everyone who does evil hates the light and avoids it, so that his deeds may not be exposed.
- John 8:45Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.
Commentaries on Amos 5:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate - They cannot bear an upright magistrate, and will not have righteous laws executed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10They hate him that rebuketh - “The gate” is the well-known place of concourse, where just or, in Israel now, unjust judgment was given Deuteronomy 25:7; Job 5:4; Job 31:21; 2 Samuel 15:2; Proverbs 22:22; Isaiah 29:21, where all was done which was to be done publicly Rth 4:1 , Rth 4:11 . Samaria had a large area by its chief gate, where two kings could hold court, and the 400 false prophets and the people, in great numbers, could gather 1 Kings 22:10; 2…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-17Verses 7-17 The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of daring sinners into utter darkness. Evil times will not bear plain dealing; that is, evil men will not. And these men were evil men indeed, when wise and good men thought it in vain even to speak to them. Those who will seek and love that which is good, may help to save the land from ruin. It…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Amos continues the idea started in Amos 5:7. Wealthy people controlled Israel's courts, which relied on corrupt judges and paid witnesses. They ignored the truth and focused only on what benefited them (Amos 5:12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. him that rebuketh in the gate--the judge who condemns their iniquity in the place of judgment (Is 29:21). abhor him that speaketh uprightly--the prophet telling them the unwelcome truth: answering in the parallelism to the judge, "that rebuketh in the gate" (compare 1Ki 22:8; Pr 9:8; 12:1; Jr 36:23).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Amos 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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