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

Bible Comments

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 consider, nor do they care whether it be done or not. Store up; as men lay up wealth in their treasures, they fill their houses. Violence; perverting judgment, first condemning the innocent, next seizing all as forfeited by law; so they did, no doubt, in those times of rebellion and usurpations; sequestrations and decimations, &c. were then too. Robbery; the true name of all their proceedings, however palliated. In their palaces: this intimates to us that the greatest among them were chief actors herein; see Zephaniah 1:9; but as they stored up violence, they also treasured up misery and desolation too, as the Hebrew elegantly imports.

Amos 3:10

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