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Amos 3:10

Old Testament Minor Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Amos 3:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Amos 3:10 — American Standard Version

Context — Amos 3

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?
9Publish ye 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 what great tumults are therein, and what oppressions in the midst thereof.
10For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary [there shall be], even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.
12Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.
13Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, etc.] 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 about it; and were so much under the power of their lusts, that they knew not how to do it; and had used themselves so long to such wicked and unjust ways, that they had lost at least the practical knowledge of doing justice; they knew what was right in the theory, but not in the practice; bribes blinded their eyes; for this seems to design judges, civil magistrates, such who had the administration of justice and the execution Of the laws in their hands. The Targum is, “they know not to execute the…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“know not to do--Their moral corruption blinds their power of discernment so that they cannot do right (Jer 4:22). Not simple intellectual ignorance; the defect lay in the heart and will. store up violence and robbery--that is, treasures obtained by "violence and robbery" (Pro 10:2).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“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 do it. It is part of the miserable blindness of sin, that, while the soul acquires a quick insight into evil, it becomes, at last, not paralyzed only to “do” good, but unable to perceive it. So Jeremiah says, “they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge” Jeremiah 4:22. Whence of the Christian Paul says, “I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil” Romans 16:19. People, step by step, lose the power of understanding either good or evil, the love of the…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Store up - As men lay up wealth in their treasures, perverting judgment, first condemning the innocent, next seizing all his substance. Amos 3:11”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“3:10 Israel’s rich people acquired their wealth through their neglect and brutal treatment of the poor and helpless (see 2:6-8).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“they: Psa 14:4; Jer 4:22, Jer 5:4; Pe2 3:5 who: Hab 2:8-11; Zep 1:9; Zac 5:3, Zac 5:4; Jam 5:3, Jam 5:4 robbery: or, spoil Amos 3:11”
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