Amos 5:10
They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
In Context
9He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:17And when he had seen him, he said: Art thou he that troublest Israel?
1 Kings 22:8And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one man left, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: Micheas the son of Jemla; but I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good to me, but evil. And Josaphat said: Speak not so, O king.
2 Chronicles 24:21And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king's commandment in the court of the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused the prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, and there was no remedy.
Isaiah 29:21That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just.
Jeremiah 20:7Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and I am deceived: thou hast been stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I am become a laughing-stock all the day, all scoff at 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 →