Amos 3:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robberyc in their palaces. ”

Amos 3:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For - (and) they know not to do right They “have not known,” they have least all sense and knowledge, how “to do right” (literally, what is “straight-forward”) because they had so long ceased to...
Amos 3:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery (l) in their palaces. (l) The fruit of their cruelty and theft appears by their great riches, which they have in thei...
Amos 3:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Guilt and Doom of Samaria. The prophet proceeds to apply the lesson. The peoples are summoned to proclaim the fate that has befallen ( Amos 3:9 *) the castles of Ashdod and those in the land of Eg...
Amos 3:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

they know not. Marking the Structure. right . straight forward. Hebrew. nakah . A rare word. Occurs only in 2 Samuel 15:3 . Proverbs 8:9 ("plain"); Amo 24:26. Isaiah 26:10 ("uprightness"); A...
Amos 3:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

In this verse he confirms what I have already said of oppressions: he says that they despised every thing right. But not to know this lessens not their guilt, as though they ignorantly offended...
Amos 3:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. For they know not to do right - So we may naturally say that they who are doing wrong, and to their...
Amos 3:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. For they know not to do right - their moral corruption blinds their power of discernment, so...
Amos 3:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Address 1-8. A call to attention. 9, 10. The oppressions practised by the powerful. 11-15 . The disasters which should overtake them, their sanctuary and their palaces. 1 . 'Race' w...
Amos 3:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Know not to do right. — Not merely have lost the perception of what is and what is not right, but are indifferent to such distinctions. They know not and care not; the awful state of utter moral...
Amos 3:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CIVILIZATION AND JUDGMENT Amos 3:1-15 - Amos 4:3 WE now enter the Second Section of the Book of Amos: Chapter s 3-6. It is a collection of various oracles of denunciation, grouped partly by t...
Amos 3:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lord's Word Must Come True Amos 3:1-15 The closer our relationship with God, the more searching His scrutiny and chastening. The sins of God's children which may seem of slight consequence...
Amos 3:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus uttered the declamations of Jehovah's judgment on all the nations, the prophet delivered his special message to Israel in a series of three discourses. In each the introductory word is, "...
Amos 3:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is somewhat very striking in the Lord's appeal to the nations of the earth for the justification of his conduct concerning his people. It not only is intended to this purpose, for perhaps this...
Amos 3:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For they know not to do right, saith the Lord ,.... What is just and fight between man and man, no, not in one single instance; they did not regard it, or advert to it; they were under no concern ab...
Amos 3:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. Ver. 10. For they know not to do right ] They have done wrong so long together, against knowledge...
Amos 3:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Publish in the palaces at Ashdod , &c. God here orders the prophet to invite the Philistines and Egyptians, the inveterate enemies of God's Israel, to come and behold what great wickedness was a...
Amos 3:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Israel Convicted and Condemned. B. C. 790. 9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in...
Amos 3:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For they know not; those who oppress others do it as unlearned lawyers and judges do, they are shamefully ignorant of the law of God. To do right; what is equal between man and man they will not...
Amos 3:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Inevitability Of Judgment, Both Because Of What YHWH Is, And Because He Will Act ( Amos 3:1-10 ). Following up on the idea in Amos 2:9-10 Amos commences this section of his prophecy (introdu...
Amos 3:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .] Amos 3:9 . Publish] upon (the floor of) the palaces, some; others, over them, to call the princes and inhabitants to hear and see the acts of violence, and testify against...
Amos 3:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 3:1 . Against the whole family of the twelve tribes, which I brought up from Egypt. It was a laborious work to make them hear. The prophets did not confine their labours to local districts....
Amos 3:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

They know not to do right. Safety in righteousness 1. The real security of wealth is justice in its acquisition and liberality in its use. Where there is much wealth, unjustly gotten, or unmerc...
Amos 3:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 6:14 Part II . THREE ADDRESSES PARTICULARIZING THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND ANNOUNCING IMMINENT JUDGMENT . Amos 3:1-30 § 1. First address: the pr...
Amos 3:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord Declaring his Purpose
Amos 3:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 3:5 ; Habakkuk 2:8-11 ; James 5:3 ; James 5:4 ; Jeremiah 4:22 ; Jeremiah 5:4 ; Psalms 14:4 ; Zechariah 5:3 ; Zechariah 5:4 ; Zephaniah 1:9
Amos 3:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Store up — As men lay up wealth in their treasures, perverting judgment, first condemning the innocent, next seizing all his substance.

Amos 3:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 3:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 3:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 3:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 3:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 3:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 3:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 3:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 3:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 3:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 3:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 3:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 3:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 3:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 3:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 3:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 3:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 3:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 3:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 3:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 3:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 3:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes