Amos 5:10 meaning and explanation

There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

Amos 5:10, Berean Standard Bible

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Amos speaks for God to the prosperous house of Israel in the eighth century BC. The gate was the city's public place where elders heard cases and disputes were settled, so the one who reproves there is someone who names wrongdoing openly in the legal assembly.

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