Amos 3:10, Amos 3:11 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 3:9-15

The Israelites are here again convicted and condemned, and particular notice given of the crimes they are convicted of and the punishment they are condemned to. 1. Notice is given of it to their neighbours. The prophet is ordered to publish it in the palaces of Ashdod, one of the chief cities of the Philistines; nay, the summons must go further, even to the palaces in the land of Egypt. ?The great men of both those nations, that dwell in the palaces, that are inquisitive concerning the affairs... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:10

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 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 3:10

For they know not to do right - So we may naturally say that they who are doing wrong, and to their own prejudice and ruin, must certainly be ignorant of what is right, and what is their own interest. But we say again "There are none so blind as those who will not see." Their eyes, saith the Lord, they have closed. read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 10 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; but the Prophet means, on the contrary, that they had cast away far from them everything that was just and allowed themselves all liberty in sinning, without any discrimination, without any shame; as though he said, “They are brute animals, who are void of all judgments of all reason, and of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 3:1-15

§ 1. First address: the prophet begins by showing Israel's ingratitude for past mercies ( Amos 3:1 , Amos 3:2 ) , and his own commission to announce the coming judgment ( Amos 3:3-8 ) . They have drawn this upon themselves by iniquities which astonish even heathen nations; and they shall be punished by the overthrow of the kingdom and the destruction of their city ( Amos 3:9-15 ) . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 3:9-12

The prophet gets his heavy commission. It is Jehovah that speaks. He addresses the prophets (Keil), or the heathen (Lange), or the heathen through the prophets. The passage is a summons to the nations to appear as witnesses of Israel's flagrant sin, and her dreadful punishment. There are many articles in her predicted woe. Not least of these is condemnation by the heathen, who for less heinous sins were to be themselves destroyed. When a professed follower of God apostatizes in such a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 3:9-15

Having vindicated his own commission, Amos proclaims what God purposes to do unto Israel. He is bidden to summon the heathen Ashdod and Egypt to bear witness to the iniquities of Samaria, which should bring about the overthrow of the kingdom, the destruction of the city with its altars and palaces, and the exile of the people. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 3:10

They know not how to do right. The Samaritans have lost all sense of justice, the foundation of social life ( Jeremiah 4:22 ). LXX ; οὐκ ἔγνις ἂ ἔσται ἐναντίον αὐτῆς , "She knew not what things shall be before her." Store up violence; i.e. the fruits of violence and robbery, what they had wrung from the poor by oppression and rapine. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 3:10-11

Rectitude. "For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces," etc. We derive from this passage three general remarks. I. THAT THERE IS AN ETERNAL LAW OF " RIGHT " THAT SHOULD GOVERN MAN IN ALL HIS RELATIONS . Right, as a sentiment, is one of the deepest, most ineradicable, and operative sentiments in humanity. All men feel that there is such a thing as right. What the right is, is a subject on which... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 3:9-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 3:10

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 3:1-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 3:9-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 3:9-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 3:10-11

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

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