Amós 3:10

10 No saben hacer lo rectodeclara el SEÑORlos que atesoran violencia y destrucción en sus palacios.

Amós 3:10 Meaning and 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 blinded their eyes; for this seems to design judges, civil magistrates, such who had the administration of justice and the execution Of the laws in their hands. The Targum is,

``they know not to execute the law;''

see ( Jeremiah 4:22 ) ; who store up violence and robbery in their palaces;
treasured up riches in their palaces, gotten in a violent way, by oppression and injustice; and which was no other, nor better, than robbery. This shows that persons in power and authority, that lived in palaces, in great splendour and grandeur, are here meant.

Amós 3:10 In-Context

8 Ha rugido un león, ¿quién no temerá? Ha hablado el Señor DIOS, ¿quién no profetizará?

9 Proclamad en los palacios de Asdod y en los palacios de la tierra de Egipto, y decid: Congregaos en los montes de Samaria y ved los grandes tumultos dentro de ella y la opresión en medio suyo.

10 No saben hacer lo rectodeclara el SEÑORlos que atesoran violencia y destrucción en sus palacios.

11 Por tanto, así dice el Señor DIOS: Un enemigo, rodeando la tierra, echará abajo tu poder y tus palacios serán saqueados.

12 Así dice el SEÑOR: Como el pastor rescata de la boca del león dos patas o un pedazo de oreja, así serán rescatados los hijos de Israel que se sientan en Samaria, en la esquina de una cama y en el damasco de un sofá.