Amos 3:10

"Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.”"

Key Reflection

Amos 3:10 serves as a powerful proclamation urging leaders to gather evidence of injustice. The verse places the inhabitants of Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, under scrutiny for their moral and social failings, particularly their mistreatment of others. This message highlights the responsibility of those in power to address the systemic issues within their own communities, reflecting a deeper call for accountability and justice.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For -(and) they know not to do right They “have not known,” they have least all sense and knowledge, how “to do right” (literally, what is “straight-forward”) because they had so long ceased to do it. It is part of the miserable blindness of sin, that, while the soul acquires a quick insight into evil, it becomes, at last, not paralyzed only to “do” good, but unable to perceive it. So Jeremiah says, “they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge”Jeremiah 4:22. Whence of the Christian Paul says, “I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil”Romans 16:19.

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