Amos 3:10 (GNV)

Passage

For they knowe not to doe right, sayth the Lord: they store vp violence, and robbery in their palaces.

Nearby Context

Amos 3:8 The lyon hath roared: who will not bee afraide? the Lord God hath spoken: who can but prophecie?

Amos 3:9 Proclayme in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the lande of Egypt, and saye, Assemble your selues vpon the mountaines of Samaria: so beholde the great tumultes in the middes thereof, and the oppressed in the middes thereof.

Amos 3:10 For they knowe not to doe right, sayth the Lord: they store vp violence, and robbery in their palaces.

Amos 3:11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, An aduersary shall come euen rounde about the countrey, and shall bring downe thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shalbe spoyled.

Amos 3:12 Thus saieth the Lord, As the shephearde taketh out of the mouth of the lyon two legges, or a piece of an eare: so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus, as in a couche.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "knowe", "right", "sayth", "lord", "store", "violence", "robbery", and "palaces". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "knowe" and "right", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Proclayme in the palaces at Ashdod and..." into verse 11's "Therefore thus saith the Lord God An...", so "knowe" and "right" 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 "knowe" and "right" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.