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Amos 5:10

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Amos 5:10

Verse 10 of 27

Scripture focus

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Amos 5:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Amos 5:10

Theological / Devotional

In the gate. In Eastern cities the gate was the place of public concourse, for business, for the administration of justice, and for hearing and telling news (see on Gen. 19:1; Joshua 8:29). The area by the chief gate of Samaria was very large (see 1 Kings 22:10; 2 Kings 7:1; 2 Chron. 18:9).

They abhor him. One of the outstanding evidences of the impenitent condition of the apostate Israelites was their disdain of truth and righteousness.

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