Amos 5:10

10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.

Amos 5:10 in Other Translations

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

10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.

10 How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth!

10 People hate this kind of talk. Raw truth is never popular.

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

10 Israel, you hate anyone who speaks out against injustice. You are disgusted by anyone who speaks the truth.

10 They hate the one who convicts [the guilty] at the city gate and despise the one who speaks with integrity.

10 Israel, you hate those who do what is right in court. You can't stand those who tell the truth.

Amos 5:10 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 5:10

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate
Openly and publicly in the courts of judicature: wicked judges hated the prophets of the Lord, such as Amos, who faithfully reproved them for the perversion of justice, even when they were upon the bench: or the people were so corrupt and degenerate, that they hated those faithful judges who reproved them for their vices in the open courts of justice, when they came before them, The former sense seems best, and more agreeable to the context: and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly;
not only hate him, but abhor him, cannot bear the sight of him, or to hear his name mentioned that speaks out his mind freely and honestly, and tells them of their sins, and advises them to repent of them, and leave them.

Amos 5:10 In-Context

8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the LORD is his name.

9 With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold and brings the fortified city to ruin.

10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.

11 You levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

12 For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 29:21
• 2. 1 Kings 22:8; Galatians 4:16