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title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/amos/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/amos/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220They do not know how to do right,&#8221 declares the LORD, &#8220who store up in their fortresses what they have plundered and looted.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/amos/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“My people have forgotten how to do right,” says the LORD. “Their fortresses are filled with wealth taken by theft and violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/amos/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“They do not know how to do right,” declares the LORD, “those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/amos/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/amos/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/amos/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For they do not know to do right,’ Says the LORD, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/amos/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the LORD, “these who store up violence and devastation in their citadels.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/amos/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But they do not know how to do what is right,&#8221 declares the LORD, &#8220these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/amos/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the LORD, “these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/amos/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares Yahweh, “these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/amos/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For they do not know how to do right,” says the LORD, “these who store up violence and devastation [like treasures] in their strongholds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/amos/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The people are incapable of doing right — this is the LORD’s declaration — those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/amos/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The people are incapable of doing right— this is the LORD&#8217s declaration— those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/amos/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/amos/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD has said that they don't even know how to do right. They have become rich from violence and robbery. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/amos/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/amos/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Those who collect profits in their palaces through violent and destructive acts don't know how to do what is right, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/amos/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD says, "These people fill their mansions with things taken by crime and violence. They don't even know how to be honest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/amos/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Because they do not know how to act right," declares the LORD, "they are filling their strongholds with treasures that they took from others by violence into their fortified citadels."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/amos/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?For they know not how to do right,? declares the LORD. ?They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/amos/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"They do not know how to do what is right." (The LORD is speaking.) "They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/amos/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Indeed they do not know to do right," says the LORD, "Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/amos/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/amos/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/amos/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they have not known to act straightforwardly,” "" A declaration of YHWH, "" “Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/amos/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/amos/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they knew not to do the straight, says Jehovah, storing up violence and oppression in their palaces.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/amos/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/amos/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they do not know how to make it right, says the Lord, storing up iniquity and plunder in their buildings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/amos/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They do not know how to do what is right— oracle of the LORD— Storing up in their strongholds violence and destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/amos/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They do not know how to do right, says the LORD, those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/amos/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For they do not know how to reprove, says the LORD, but they store up plunder and spoil in their palaces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/amos/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they do not know to rebuke, says LORD JEHOVAH, and they gather plunder and spoil in their palaces<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/amos/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/amos/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And she knew not what things would come against her, saith the Lord, <i>even</i> those that store up wrong and misery in their countries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/amos/3-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=452" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/amos/3.htm">Witnesses Against Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.” <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">“For they know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ă·śō·wṯ- (V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">how to do</a> <a href="/hebrew/5229.htm" title="5229: nə·ḵō·ḥāh (N-fs) -- Straightforwardness, integrity, a truth. Feminine of nakoach; properly, straightforwardness, i.e. integrity, or a truth.">right,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> <a href="/hebrew/686.htm" title="686: hā·’ō·wṣ·rîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To lay up, store up. A primitive root; to store up.">“They store up</a> <a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="2555: ḥā·mās (N-ms) -- Violence, wrong. From chamac; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. Unjust gain.">violence</a> <a href="/hebrew/7701.htm" title="7701: wā·šōḏ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Violence, havoc, devastation, ruin. Or showd; from shuwd; violence, ravage.">and destruction</a> <a href="/hebrew/759.htm" title="759: bə·’ar·mə·nō·w·ṯê·hem (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A citadel. From an unused root; a citadel.">in their citadels.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Jeremiah 4:22</a></span><br />“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-2.htm">Micah 3:2-3</a></span><br />You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. / You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Isaiah 1:23</a></span><br />Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-2</a></span><br />Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm">Ezekiel 22:29</a></span><br />The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7-8</a></span><br />Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. / The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Jeremiah 9:3-6</a></span><br />“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD. / “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander. / Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Psalm 14:1-3</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good. / The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God. / All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-7.htm">Isaiah 5:7</a></span><br />For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Hosea 7:1</a></span><br />When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-28.htm">Matthew 23:28</a></span><br />In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-10.htm">Romans 3:10-18</a></span><br />As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. / There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. / All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-39.htm">Luke 11:39</a></span><br />Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-21.htm">Mark 7:21-23</a></span><br />For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-5</a></span><br />But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For they know not to do right, said the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.</p><p class="hdg">they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/14-4.htm">Psalm 14:4</a></b></br> Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people <i>as</i> they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Jeremiah 4:22</a></b></br> For my people <i>is</i> foolish, they have not known me; they <i>are</i> sottish children, and they have none understanding: they <i>are</i> wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-4.htm">Jeremiah 5:4</a></b></br> Therefore I said, Surely these <i>are</i> poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, <i>nor</i> the judgment of their God.</p><p class="hdg">who.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/2-8.htm">Habakkuk 2:8-11</a></b></br> Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and <i>for</i> the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9</a></b></br> In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/5-3.htm">Zechariah 5:3,4</a></b></br> Then said he unto me, This <i>is</i> the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off <i>as</i> on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off <i>as</i> on that side according to it… </p><p class="hdg">robbery.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/12-10.htm">Act</a> <a href="/hosea/12-2.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/amos/2-16.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Citadels</a> <a href="/amos/2-16.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/daniel/8-24.htm">Devastation</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Fortresses</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-6.htm">Hoard</a> <a href="/amos/2-11.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-21.htm">Loot</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Palaces</a> <a href="/hosea/13-15.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/hosea/14-9.htm">Right</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-15.htm">Robbery</a> <a href="/hosea/13-15.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/hosea/13-12.htm">Store</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-8.htm">Storing</a> <a href="/john/1-20.htm">Straightforwardly</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Strongholds</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-19.htm">Treasuring</a> <a href="/joel/3-19.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/amos/1-14.htm">Violent</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/micah/3-8.htm">Act</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-15.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/amos/3-13.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/amos/3-11.htm">Citadels</a> <a href="/amos/3-13.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/amos/3-15.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-3.htm">Devastation</a> <a href="/amos/3-11.htm">Fortresses</a> <a href="/amos/3-11.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-6.htm">Hoard</a> <a href="/amos/6-10.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-8.htm">Loot</a> <a href="/amos/3-11.htm">Palaces</a> <a href="/nahum/2-9.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Right</a> <a href="/nahum/3-1.htm">Robbery</a> <a href="/nahum/2-9.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/micah/6-14.htm">Store</a> <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Storing</a> <a href="/john/1-20.htm">Straightforwardly</a> <a href="/amos/3-11.htm">Strongholds</a> <a href="/luke/12-21.htm">Treasuring</a> <a href="/amos/6-3.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/amos/6-3.htm">Violent</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/3-1.htm">The necessity of God's judgment against Israel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/3-9.htm">The publication of it, with the causes thereof.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Despite being God's chosen people, they have become so entrenched in their sinful ways that they have lost the ability to discern right from wrong. This echoes the condition described in <a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Isaiah 5:20</a>, where good is called evil and evil good. The phrase suggests a willful ignorance, as they have rejected the teachings and commandments of God. This spiritual blindness is a result of persistent disobedience and idolatry, which has dulled their conscience and understanding.<p><b>declares the LORD.</b><br>The authority of this statement is underscored by the declaration coming directly from the LORD. It emphasizes that this is not merely a human observation but a divine pronouncement. The use of "declares the LORD" is a common prophetic formula that authenticates the message as coming from God Himself, similar to the declarations found throughout the prophetic books, such as in <a href="/jeremiah/1-8.htm">Jeremiah 1:8-9</a>. It serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and His role as the ultimate judge of human actions.<p><b>They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.</b><br>This phrase paints a vivid picture of the societal corruption and the accumulation of injustice within Israel. The "citadels" refer to fortified places, often the centers of power and wealth, indicating that the leaders and those in authority are complicit in these acts. The imagery of storing up violence and destruction suggests a deliberate and ongoing accumulation of sin, much like treasures stored in a vault. This is reminiscent of the warnings in <a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm">Proverbs 1:18-19</a> about the consequences of greed and violence. The phrase also foreshadows the impending judgment and destruction that will come upon Israel as a result of their actions, aligning with the prophetic warnings of destruction found in other parts of Amos, such as <a href="/amos/6-8.htm">Amos 6:8</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a></b><br>A prophet from Tekoa, a small town in Judah, who was called by God to deliver messages of judgment to the Northern Kingdom of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who speaks through Amos to declare His judgment against Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, which had fallen into idolatry and social injustice, prompting God's judgment.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/citadels.htm">Citadels</a></b><br>Fortified structures or strongholds in cities, symbolizing places of power and wealth where the leaders of Israel stored their ill-gotten gains.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/v/violence_and_destruction.htm">Violence and Destruction</a></b><br>The sinful behaviors and consequences of Israel's leaders, who oppressed the poor and engaged in corrupt practices.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_righteousness.htm">Understanding Righteousness</a></b><br>The Hebrew word for "right" (yashar) implies straightness or uprightness. Israel's leaders had lost the knowledge of what it means to live righteously before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_injustice.htm">Consequences of Injustice</a></b><br>The accumulation of "violence and destruction" in their citadels serves as a warning that unrighteousness leads to societal decay and divine judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Just as Israel was called to recognize their sins and turn back to God, believers today are urged to examine their lives for areas of injustice or unrighteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_leadership.htm">Role of Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders are held to a high standard of justice and righteousness. This passage challenges those in authority to lead with integrity and fairness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>The declaration by the LORD underscores His ultimate authority and the certainty of His judgment against sin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_edom's_fate_in_the_bible.htm">What fate awaits Edom according to biblical prophecies?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_you_holding_fast_to_what_is_good.htm">What does the Bible say about human cruelty?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/proof_of_bethel's_altars'_destruction.htm">Amos 3:14: Have researchers discovered any compelling historical proof of the destruction of Bethel's altars described here?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_historical_proof_tyre_was_punished.htm">(Amos 1:9-10) Where is the external proof that Tyre was punished for breaking its covenant of brotherhood, or is this a theological claim without historical backing?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Know not to do right.--</span>Not merely have lost the perception of what is and what is not right, <span class= "ital">but</span> are indifferent to such distinctions. They know not and care not; the awful state of utter moral impotence, wherein not only the intellectual consciousness, but the impulses to action, are languid or even paralysed--a dead conscience! Nothing is more condemnatory than this brief sentence. The light within them is darkness.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They know not how to do right.</span> The Samaritans have lost all sense of justice, the foundation of social life (<a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Jeremiah 4:22</a>). LXX., <span class="greek">Οὐκ ἔγνις α} ἔσται ἐναντίον αὐτῆς</span>, "She knew not what things shall be before her." <span class="cmt_word">Store up violence;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the fruits of violence and robbery (<span class="greek">ταλαιπωρίαν</span>, "misery," Septuagint), what they had wrung from the poor by oppression and rapine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/amos/3-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For they know</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדְע֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏə·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">how to do</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲשׂוֹת־</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·śō·wṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">right—</span><br /><span class="heb">נְכֹחָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ḵō·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5229.htm">Strong's 5229: </a> </span><span class="str2">Straightforwardness, integrity, a truth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻם־</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD—</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those who store up</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֽוֹצְרִ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ō·wṣ·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_686.htm">Strong's 686: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay up, store up</span><br /><br /><span class="word">violence</span><br /><span class="heb">חָמָ֥ס</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·mās)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2555.htm">Strong's 2555: </a> </span><span class="str2">Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and destruction</span><br /><span class="heb">וָשֹׁ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(wā·šōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7701.htm">Strong's 7701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Violence, havoc, devastation, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in their citadels.’”</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאַרְמְנֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ar·mə·nō·w·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_759.htm">Strong's 759: </a> </span><span class="str2">A citadel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/amos/3-10.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 3:10 Indeed they don't know to do right (Amo. 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