Amos 5:10 (KJV)

Passage

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Nearby Context

Amos 5:8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

Amos 5:9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

Amos 5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Amos 5:11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

Amos 5:12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hate", "rebuketh", "gate", "abhor", "speaketh", and "uprightly". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hate" and "rebuketh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong..." into verse 11's "Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon...", so "hate" and "rebuketh" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hate" and "rebuketh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.