Amos 3:10
For they do not know how to do right 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 They store up violence 1 and destruction in their fortresses.” 1
Unlocked Literal 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 14:4Do they not know anything, those who commit iniquity, 1 those who eat up my people as they eat bread, 1 but who do not call on Yahweh? 1
Proverbs 11:16A gracious woman gets honor, 1 but ruthless people grasp for wealth. 1
Ecclesiastes 4:1Once again I thought about all the oppression that is done under the sun. 1 And behold, the tears of oppressed people, 2 and they had no one to comfort them! 1 Power was in the hand of their oppressors, 2 and there was no one to comfort them! 1
Jeremiah 5:4So I said, “Surely these are only poor people. 1 They are foolish, for they do not know Yahweh's ways, nor their God's decrees. 1
Amos 4:1Listen to this word, 1 you cows of Bashan, 1 you who are in the mountain of Samaria, 1 you who oppress the poor, 1 you who crush the needy, 1 you who say to your husbands, 1 “Bring us drinks.” 1
Amos 6:3Woe to those who put off the day of disaster 1 and make the throne of violence come near. 1
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 →