Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he [a]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 [b]prophesy?

Proclaim in the palaces at [c]Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria: so behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Amos 3:9 He calleth the strangers, as the Philistines and Egyptians, to be witness of God’s judgments against the Israelites for their cruelty and oppression.

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