Amos 5:10 (WEB)

Passage

They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

Nearby Context

Amos 5:8 seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,

Amos 5:9 who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.

Amos 5:10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

Amos 5:11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

Amos 5:12 For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "who brings sudden destruction on the strong..." into verse 11's "Therefore because you trample on the poor...", so "hate" and "reproves" 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 "reproves" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.