Amos 5:10 Meaning and Explanation
“They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.”
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What Does Amos 5:10 Mean?
The city gate was where elders sat to judge disputes and where public matters were decided. There, those who spoke honestly and rebuked wrongdoing were hated and despised. A society had formed that could not bear the truth or the person who told it.
When people love their sin, they come to hate the voice that names it. The honest judge, the truth-teller, becomes the enemy of those who profit from injustice. This is a sure sign of a corrupted community, when integrity is resented rather than honored. The verse warns the reader against the impulse to silence or despise those who speak uncomfortable truth, and calls us instead to love correction, for the one who rebukes in love is a friend, not a foe.
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What does Amos 5:10 mean?
They despise the one who speaks truth and upholds justice in the place of public judgment.