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Amos 3:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy? "

Amos 3:8

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6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn’t done it?

7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

8 The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.”

10 “Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says the LORD, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”

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Jeremiah 25:30

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"“Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and tell them, “‘The LORD will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation. He will mightily roar against his fold. He will give a shout, as those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth."

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Isaiah 31:4

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"“Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it, and whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it. For who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?”"

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Deuteronomy 18:22

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"When a prophet speaks in the LORD’s name, if the thing doesn’t follow, nor happen, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You shall not be afraid of him."

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Hosea 11:10

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"They will walk after the LORD, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west."

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Joel 3:16

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"The LORD will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but the LORD will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel."

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Amos 3:1

"Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:"

Amos 3:2

"“I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”"

Amos 3:3

"Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?"

Amos 3:4

"Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?"

Amos 3:5

"Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?"

Amos 3:6

"Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn’t done it?"

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