For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Israel had become so committed to wrongdoing that they no longer knew how to do what was right. Their palaces stored up violence and robbery, showing that such oppression filled the land. This corruption stood within God's announced judgment that an adversary would surround the land, bring down its strength, and plunder its palaces.
Israel had become so committed to wrongdoing that they no longer knew how to do what was right. Their palaces stored up violence and robbery, showing that such oppression filled the land. This corruption stood within God's announced judgment that an adversary would surround the land, bring down its strength, and plunder its palaces.