It happened, when Ach'av saw Eliyahu, that Ach'av said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Yisra'el?
Amos 5:10 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They hate him who reproves in the [city] gate [holding him as an abomination and rejecting his rebuke], and they abhor him who speaks uprightly. American Standard Version (1901) They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. Common English Bible They hate the one who judges at the city gate, and they reject the one who speaks the truth. Catholic Public Domain Version They held hatred for the one who corrects at the gate, and they have abhorred the one who speaks perfectly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly. |
It happened, when Ach'av saw Eliyahu, that Ach'av said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Yisra'el?
Ach'av said to Eliyahu, Have you found me, my enemy? He answered, I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD.
The king of Yisra'el said to Yehoshafat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Mikhayahu the son of Yimlah: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. Yehoshafat said, *Don't let the king say so.*
It happened, as he talked with him, that [the king] said to him, Have we made you of the king's counsel? Stop! Why should you be struck down? Then the prophet stopped, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.
but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.
Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him who there was no justice.
Now when `Eved-Melekh the Kushite, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Yirmeyahu in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Binyamin),
*Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a Kohen.
and the Kohen shall examine him. Behold, if there is a white rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the rising,
Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the LORD, the God Tzeva'ot, will be gracious to the remnant of Yosef.*
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.