Amos 3:1-8
1599 Geneva Bible
3 He reproveth the house of Israel of ingratitude. 11 For the which God will punish them.
1 Hear this word that the Lord pronounceth against you, O children of Israel, even against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
2 You [a]only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit you for all your iniquities.
3 Can two walk together except they be [b]agreed?
4 Will a [c]lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? or will a lion’s whelp cry out of his den, if he hath taken nothing?
5 [d]Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no fowler is? or will he take up the [e]snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
6 Or [f]shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people be not afraid? or shall there [g]be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he [h]revealeth his secret unto his servants the Prophets.
8 The lion hath roared: who will not be afraid? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but [i]prophesy?
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- Amos 3:2 I have only chosen you to be mine among all other people, and yet you have forsaken me.
- Amos 3:3 Hereby the Prophet signifieth that he speaketh not of himself, but as God guideth and moveth him, which is called the agreement between God and his Prophets.
- Amos 3:4 Will God threaten by his Prophet, except there be some great occasion?
- Amos 3:5 Can anything come without God’s providence?
- Amos 3:5 Shall his threatenings be in vain?
- Amos 3:6 Shall the Prophets threaten God’s judgments and the people not be afraid?
- Amos 3:6 Doth any adversity come without God’s appointment? Isa. 45:7.
- Amos 3:7 God dealeth not with the Israelites, as he doeth with other people: for he ever warneth them before of his plagues by his Prophets.
- Amos 3:8 Because the people ever murmured against the Prophets, he showeth that God’s Spirit moved them so to speak as they did.
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