Amos 3:10
8 The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken— who will not prophesy?
9 Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
11 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”
12 This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
- KJV
- For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
- WEB
- “Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says the LORD, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”
- ASV
- For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
- DARBY
- and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.
- BLB
- “And they know not to do right—” a declaration of YHWH “Those storing [up] violence and plunder in their palaces.”
- ÅB
- De vet ikke å gjøre det som rett er, sier Herren, de som dynger opp vold og ødeleggelse i sine palasser.
- OTB
- "De vet ikke hvordan de skal gjøre det som er rett," erklærer Herren,
"de som lagrer opp vold og ødeleggelse i sine festninger." - B1930
- De vet ikke å gjøre det som rett er, sier Herren, de som dynger op vold og ødeleggelse i sine palasser.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zephaniah 1:9
On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
Read in contextJeremiah 4:22
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
Read in contextPsalms 14:4
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
Read in contextZechariah 5:3–4
Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:8–11
Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
Read in context2 Peter 3:5
But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
Read in contextAmos 5:7
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:4
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
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