Amos 5:10

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Hebrew
ESV	They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
NIV	you hate the one who reproves in court and despise him who tells the truth.
NLT	How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth!
LXX
KJV	They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Amos 5:10 condemns those who “hate the one who reproves in the gate” and “abhor the one who speaks the truth.”

The gate ((שַׁעַר) was typically where elders judged disputes (, and Ruth 4:1–11). Parallelism shows that the elite not only refused to uphold justice but actively opposed truth-tellers. And so while some have argued “gate” here might mean a political faction, the surrounding context of legal corruption fits the judicial setting.

These are the same “strong” () who “turn justice to wormwood” (), making what should be sweet and life-giving into something bitter and deadly.

Amos 5:9 ← Amos 5:10 → Amos 5:11

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