Amos 3:10
For they have no care to do right, saith Jehovah; They treasure up rapine and robbery in their palaces.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 14:4Shall not the evil-doers be requited, Who devour my people like bread, And call not upon Jehovah?
Proverbs 11:16A graceful woman obtaineth honor, Even as strong men obtain riches.
Ecclesiastes 4:1Then I turned and saw all the oppressions which take place under the sun; and, behold, there were the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and from the hand of their oppressors there was violence, and they had no comforter.
Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, These are only the poor; They are foolish, because they know not the way of Jehovah, The law of their God.
Amos 4:1Hear these words, O ye kine of Bashan, That are on the mountain of Samaria; That oppress the poor; that crush the needy; That say to your master, Bring, and let us drink!
Amos 6:3Woe to them, that put far away the day of evil, And bring near the seat of oppression;
Matthew Henry on Amos 3:10-15
Israel Convicted and Condemned. ( b. c. 790.) 9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. 10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord , who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee,… Read the whole commentary →