Amos 5:10
They haue hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh vprightly.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 18:17And when Ahab saw Eliiah, Ahab said vnto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
1 Kings 22:8And the King of Israel said vnto Iehoshaphat, There is yet one man (Michaiah the sonne of Imlah) by whom we may aske counsel of the Lord, but I hate him: for he doeth not prophecie good vnto me, but euill. And Iehoshaphat sayd, Let not the King say so.
2 Chronicles 24:21Then they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the commandement of the King, in the court of the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God and despised his wordes, and misused his Prophets, vntill the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, and till there was no remedie.
Isaiah 29:21Which made a man to sinne in ye worde, and tooke him in a snare: which reproued them in the gate, and made the iust to fall without cause.
Jeremiah 20:7O Lord, thou hast deceiued me, and I am deceiued: thou art stronger then I, and hast preuailed: I am in derision daily: euery one mocketh 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 →