Amos 5:10
They held hatred for the one who corrects at the gate, and they have abhorred the one who speaks perfectly.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
In Context
9It is he who smiles destruction on the healthy, and who brings pillaging upon the powerful.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:17And when he had seen him, he said, “Are you the one who is disturbing Israel?”
1 Kings 22:8And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: “One man remains, by whom we may be able to inquire of the Lord: Micaiah, the son of Imlah. But I hate him. For he does not prophecy good to me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “You should not speak in this way, O king.”
2 Chronicles 24:21And gathering together against him, they stoned him, beside the place of the king, in the atrium of the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 36:16But they ridiculed the messengers of God, and they gave little weight to his words, and they mocked the prophets, until the fury of the Lord ascended against his people, and there was no remedy.
Isaiah 29:21For they caused men to sin by a word, and they supplanted him who argued against them at the gates, and they turned away from justice in vain.
Jeremiah 20:7“You have led me away, O Lord, and I have been led away. You have been stronger than I, and you have prevailed. I have become a derision all day long; everyone mocks me.
Matthew Henry on Amos 5:5-16
God's Message to Israel; The Aggravated Sins of Israel; Warnings and Exhortations; Exhortations and Encouragements. ( b. c. 790.) 4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 6 Seek the Lord , and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. 7 Ye who… Read the whole commentary →