Amos 3:8
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8 The lion has roared;
who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken;
who can but prophesy?(A)
Acts 4:20
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20 for we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard.”(A)
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Amos 3:4
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4 Does a lion roar in the forest
when it has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out from its den
if it has caught nothing?(A)
Jeremiah 20:9
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9 If I say, “I will not mention him
or speak any more in his name,”
then within me there is something like a burning fire
shut up in my bones;
I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.(A)
Amos 1:2
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Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors
2 And he said:
The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds wither,
and the top of Carmel dries up.(A)
Revelation 5:5
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5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”(A)
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1 Corinthians 9:16
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16 If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel!
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Amos 7:12-17
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12 And Amaziah said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, earn your bread there, and prophesy there, 13 but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”(A)
14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I am[a] no prophet nor a prophet’s son, but I am[b] a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore trees,(B) 15 and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’(C)
16 “Now therefore hear the word of the Lord.
You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel,
and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’(D)
17 Therefore thus says the Lord:
Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city,
and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword,
and your land shall be parceled out by line;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land,
and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.”(E)
Amos 2:12
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12 But you made the nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets,
saying, “You shall not prophesy.”(A)
Acts 5:29
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29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.[a](A)
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Acts 5:20
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20 “Go, stand in the temple and tell the people the whole message about this life.”(A)
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Jonah 3:1-3
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Conversion of Nineveh
3 The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,(A) 2 “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across.
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Jonah 1:1-3
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Jonah Tries to Run Away from God
1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,(A) 2 “Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”(B) 3 But Jonah set out to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid his fare and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.(C)
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Job 32:18-19
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18 For I am full of words;
the spirit within me constrains me.(A)
19 My belly is indeed like wine that has no vent;
like new wineskins, it is ready to burst.(B)
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