Text: Amos 5:10
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 16:18
Subject: satire of opposing justice at the gate
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Amos 5:10 denounces those who "hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity," directly contradicting Deuteronomy 16:18's command to appoint judges in the gates (שְׁעָרֶיךָ, she'arekha) who would "judge the people with righteous judgment." The gate functioned as Israel's local courtroom where covenant disputes were adjudicated. Amos reveals that the institution Deuteronomy mandated for justice has been corrupted: those who speak truth (תָּמִים, tamim, "integrity") are hated rather than heeded, inverting the Deuteronomic vision of impartial justice.
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Text: Deuteronomy 16:18
OT Text Referred to: Amos 5:10
Subject: justice perversion
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Deuteronomy 16:18 commands Israel to appoint judges who "judge the people with righteous judgment" (מִשְׁפַּט צֶדֶק, mishpat tzedeq), and Amos 5:10 indicts Israel for the precise opposite: "they hate the one who reproves in the gate." The "gate" (שַׁעַר, sha'ar) is the Deuteronomic venue for justice, and Amos exposes how Israel has corrupted the very institution Moses established. Where Deuteronomy envisioned judges ensuring equity for all, Amos finds the courts weaponized against the righteous, with truth-tellers despised rather than heeded. The prophetic indictment presupposes and depends on the Deuteronomic judicial standard.