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Amos 3:10 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Amos 3:10 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 3 verse 10 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. robbery: or, spoil”
Amos 3:10 (KJV)
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Commentary on Amos 3:10
They know not to do right (וְלֹא־יָדְעוּ עֲשׂוֹת־נְכֹחָה, v'lo yad'u asot n'chochah)—The Hebrew יָדְעוּ (yad'u, 'to know') implies not mere intellectual ignorance but moral corruption; they've lost the capacity to recognize righteousness. The word נְכֹחָה (n'chochah, 'right, straight, honest') contrasts with their crooked dealings. Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces (הָאוֹצְרִים חָמָס וָשֹׁד בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֵיהֶם, ha'otz'rim chamas v'shod b'armenoteihem)—their wealth is 'stored up' violence (חָמָס, chamas) and plunder (שֹׁד, shod).This indicts economic systems built on exploitatio...
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Cross-References for Amos 3:10
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“I will punish all those who leap over the threshold”
“they don't know me; they are foolish children”
“who eat up my people as they eat bread”
“This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.,Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it., וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי זֹאת הָאָלָה הַיּוֹצֵאת עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ כִּי כָל־הַגֹּנֵב מִזֶּה כָּמוֹהָ נִקָּה וְכָל־הַנִּשְׁבָּע מִזֶּה כָּמוֹהָ נִקָּה׃ ,Then said he unto me: This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land; for every one that stealeth shall be swept away on the one side like it; and every one that sweareth shall be swept away on the other side like it.”
“that there were heavens from of old”
“all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you”
“and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;”
“Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they don't know the way of Yahweh”
“and cast down righteousness to the earth:”
“and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you”