They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
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Gill's Exposition
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate,.... Openly and publicly in the courts of judicature: wicked judges hated the prophets of the Lord, such as Amos, who faithfully reproved them for the…
Barnes' Notes
They hate him that rebuketh - “The gate” is the well-known place of concourse, where just or, in Israel now, unjust judgment was given Deu 25:7; Job 5:4; Job 31:21; 2Sa 15:2; Pro 22:22; Isa 29:21,…
Adam Clarke
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate - They cannot bear an upright magistrate, and will not have righteous laws executed.
This is a message from God to the house of Israel, in which,
I. They are told of their faults, that they might see what occasion there was for them to repent and reform, and that, when they were…
Cambridge Bible
The prophet reverts to the subject of Amo 5:5, which was interrupted by Amo 5:8-9.
They hate him that reproveth in the gate, &c. They are heedless (Amo 5:5) of the claims of justice: they will not…
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