Amos 3:8

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

World Messianic 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

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

9Proclaim 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.”

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Cross References

Job 32:18For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me.

Isaiah 21:10You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.

Jeremiah 26:12Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

Amos 2:12“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’

Amos 7:12Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there,

Amos 7:15and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

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 →

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