Amos 3:8-10

New American Standard Bible

⁸A ^(A)lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The ^(B)Lord God has spoken! ^(C)Who can do anything but prophesy?

⁹Proclaim on the citadels in ^(D)Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt and say, “Assemble yourselves on the ^(E)mountains of Samaria and see the great panic within her and the ^(F)oppressions in her midst. ¹⁰But they ^(G)do not know how to do what is right,” declares the Lord, “these who ^(H)store up ^[a]violence and devastation in their citadels.”

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Footnotes

Amos 3:10 I.e., the plunder from violence

Amos 3:8-10

New International Version

⁸The lion^(A) has roared^(B)—
who will not fear?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken—
who can but prophesy?^(C)

⁹Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod^(D)
    and to the fortresses of Egypt:
“Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria;^(E)
    see the great unrest within her
    and the oppression among her people.”