Amos 3:8

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What does Amos 3:8 mean?

Amos 3:8 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Amos 3:8

• Jeremiah 20:9

  Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

• Amos 3:4

  Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

• Acts 4:20

  For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

• Amos 1:2

  And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

• Amos 2:12

  But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

• Amos 7:12-17

  Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court. Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. …

• Revelation 5:5

  And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

• 1 Corinthians 9:16

  For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

• Acts 5:20

  Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

• Jonah 1:1-3

  Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

• Acts 5:29

  Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

• Jonah 3:1-3

  And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.

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Context

• Amos 3:7

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

• Amos 3:8

  The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

• Amos 3:9

  Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.

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