If a (A)trumpet is blown in a city, will the people not tremble?
If a (B)disaster occurs in a city, has the Lord not brought it about?
[a]Certainly the Lord [b]God does nothing
Unless He (C)reveals His secret plan
To His servants the prophets.
A (D)lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The (E)Lord God has spoken! (F)Who can do anything but prophesy?

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  1. Amos 3:7 Or For
  2. Amos 3:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

When a trumpet(A) sounds in a city,
    do not the people tremble?
When disaster(B) comes to a city,
    has not the Lord caused it?(C)

Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing
    without revealing his plan(D)
    to his servants the prophets.(E)

The lion(F) has roared(G)
    who will not fear?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken—
    who can but prophesy?(H)

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