Or [a]shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people be not afraid? or shall there [b]be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?

Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he [c]revealeth his secret unto his servants the Prophets.

The lion hath roared: who will not be afraid? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but [d]prophesy?

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 3:6 Shall the Prophets threaten God’s judgments and the people not be afraid?
  2. Amos 3:6 Doth any adversity come without God’s appointment? Isa. 45:7.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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