Amos 3 · Verse 6

Amos 3:6

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Amos 3:6, King James Version

Amos 3:6 in other translations

BSBIf a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
WEBDoes the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn’t done it?
ASVShall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?
YLTIs a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done it?
DARBYShall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah not have done it?
BBEIf the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?
WebsterShalt a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

What does Amos 3:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 3:3-6

3-6. Here follow several questions of a parable-like kind, to awaken conviction in the people. Can two walk together, except they be agreed?--Can God's prophets be so unanimous in prophesying against you, if God's Spirit were not joined with them, or if their prophecies were false? The Israelites were "at ease," not believing that God was with the prophets in their denunciations of coming ruin to the nation (Am 6:1…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Shall a trumpet be blown - The sign of alarm and invasion. And the people not be afraid? - Not take the alarm, and provide for their defense and safety? Shall there be evil in a city - Shall there be any public calamity on the wicked, that is not an effect of my displeasure? The word does not mean moral evil, but punishment for sin; calamities falling on the workers of iniquity. Natural evil is the punishment of moral evil: God sends the former when the latter is persisted in.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 3:1-8

The distinguishing favours of God to us, if they do not restrain from sin, shall not exempt from punishment. They could not expect communion with God, unless they first sought peace with him. Where there is not friendship, there can be no fellowship. God and man cannot walk together, except they are agreed. Unless we seek his glory, we cannot walk with him. Let us not presume on outward privileges, without special…

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Amos 3:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אִם\־'im-<if>?H518
יִתָּקַ֤עyi.ta.Ka'is it blownH8628
שׁוֹפָר֙sho.Fara trumpetH7782
בְּעִ֔ירbe.'Irin a cityH5892
וְעָ֖םve.'Amand [the] peopleH5971
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יֶחֱרָ֑דוּye.che.Ra.duthey trembleH2729
אִם\־'im-or?H518
תִּהְיֶ֤הtih.Yehis itH1961
רָעָה֙ra.'AhcalamityH7451
בְּעִ֔ירbe.'Irin a cityH5892
וַיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehand YahwehH3068
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
עָשָֽׂה\׃'a.Sahhe has done [it]H6213

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Amos 3:6

  • Isaiah 45:7

    I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

  • Zephaniah 1:16

    A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

  • Isaiah 14:24-27

    The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

  • 2 Corinthians 5:11

    Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

  • Genesis 50:20

    But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

  • Jeremiah 10:7

    Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

  • Jeremiah 6:1

    O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

  • Jeremiah 4:5

    Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

  • Acts 2:23

    Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

  • Acts 4:28

    For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

  • Ezekiel 33:3

    If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

  • Jeremiah 5:22

    Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a trumpet.
Jer 4:5; 6:1; Eze 33:3; Ho 5:8; Zep 1:16
and the people.
Jer 5:22; 10:7; 2Co 5:11
be afraid. or, run together. shall there.That is, Shall there be any evil, or calamity, (not moral evil,) inflicted on a wicked city, which does not proceed from me, as the effect of my wrath? These animated interrogatives were intended to convince the people that they had cause for alarm, as their monstrous iniquities called down the vengeance of God to punish them with these calamities.
Ge 50:20; Isa 14:24-27; 45:7; Ac 2:23; 4:28
the Lord hath not done it? or, and shall not the Lord dosomewhat?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Amos 3:5

    Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?

  • Amos 3:6

    Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?

  • Amos 3:7

    Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

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Amos 3:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Tocaráse la trompeta en la ciudad, y no se alborotará el pueblo? ¿habrá algún mal en la ciudad, el cual Jehová no haya hecho?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Sonnera-t-on de la trompette dans une ville, et le peuple ne tremblera pas? Y aura-t-il du mal dans une ville, et l’ Éternel ne l’aura pas fait?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Oder wird die Posaune in der Stadt geblasen, und das Volk sollte nicht erschrecken? Oder geschieht ein Unglück in der Stadt, und Jehova hätte es nicht bewirkt?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
si clanget tuba in civitate, et populus non expavescet? si erit malum in civitate, quod Dominus non fecerit?