Amós 3:10

10 “Eles não sabem agir com retidão”, declara o SENHOR,“eles, que acumulam em seus palácioso que roubaram e saquearam”.

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 O leão rugiu,quem não temerá?O SENHOR, o Soberano, falou,quem não profetizará?

9 Proclamem nos palácios de Asdodee do Egito:“Reúnam-se nos montes de Samariapara verem o grande tumulto que há ali,e a opressão no meio do seu povo”.

10 “Eles não sabem agir com retidão”, declara o SENHOR,“eles, que acumulam em seus palácioso que roubaram e saquearam”.

11 Portanto, assim diz o SENHOR, o Soberano:“Um inimigo cercará o país.Ele derrubará as suas fortalezase saqueará os seus palácios”.

12 Assim diz o SENHOR:“Assim como o pastor livra a ovelha, arrancando da boca do leãosó dois ossos da perna ou um pedaço da orelha,assim serão arrancados os israelitas de Samaria,com a ponta de uma camae um pedaço de sofá.