Amos 3:7-9

New International Reader's Version

⁷ The Lord and King never does anything
    without telling his servants the prophets about it.

⁸ A lion has roared.
    Who isn’t afraid?
The Lord and King has spoken.
    Who can do anything but prophesy?

⁹ Speak to the people in the forts of Ashdod and Egypt.
    Tell them, “Gather together
    on the mountains of Samaria.
Look at the great trouble in that city.
    Its people are committing many crimes.”