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

Bible Comments

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 that they cannot do right (Jeremiah 4:22, "My people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge"). Not simple intellectual ignorance: the defect lay in the heart and will.

Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces - i:e., treasures obtained by "violence and robbery" (Proverbs 10:2).

Amos 3:10

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