Amos 3:8
The aryeh hath roared, 1 who will not fear? 1 Adonoi Hashem hath spoken, 1 who can but prophesy? 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
In Context
Cross References
Job 32:18For I am full of millim (words), 1 the ruach within me compelleth me. 1
Isaiah 21:10O my threshed, + 21:10 people and the grain of my goren (threshing floor); 1 that which I have heard of Hashem Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel, 1 have I declared unto you.
Jeremiah 26:12Then spoke Yirmeyah unto all the sarim and to kol HaAm, saying, Hashem sent me to prophesy against this Bais and against this city all the Devarim that ye have heard.
Amos 2:12But ye gave the Nezirim yayin to drink; 1 and commanded the nevi'im, saying: 1 Prophesy not. 1
Amos 7:12Also Amatzyah said unto Amos: O thou seer, go, flee thee away into Eretz Yehudah, and there eat lechem, and prophesy there,
Amos 7:15And Hashem took me as I followed the tzon, and Hashem said unto me: Go, prophesy unto My people Yisroel.
Matthew Henry on Amos 3:2-9
God's Remonstrance with Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. 3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed? 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the… Read the whole commentary →