Amos 3:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 104:21 : 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
  • Hos 11:10 : 10 They shall walk after the LORD; he shall roar like a lion: when he roars, then the children shall tremble from the west.
  • Amos 1:2 : 2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem, and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
  • Amos 3:8 : 8 The lion has roared, who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy?
  • Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

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  • Job 38:39-41
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    82%

    39Will you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

    40When they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thickets?

    41Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God, and wander about for lack of food?

  • Nah 2:11-12
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    80%

    11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's cub, and none made them afraid?

    12The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with plunder.

  • 5Can a bird fall into a snare upon the earth, where no trap is set for it? Shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?

  • Job 4:10-11
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    10The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

    11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the stout lion are scattered abroad.

  • 21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

  • 8The lion's cubs have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by it.

  • 29Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yes, they shall roar, and seize the prey, and shall carry it away safely, and none shall deliver it.

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    30A lion, which is mighty among beasts, and does not turn away from anything;

    31A greyhound, a male goat also, and a king against whom there is no rising up.

  • 8The lion has roared, who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy?

  • 12Like a lion that is eager for its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • 15The young lions have roared at him, and yelled, and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

  • 10The young lions lack and suffer hunger: but those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.

  • 24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion and lift himself up like a young lion; he shall not lie down until he eats of the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.

  • 5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

  • 3Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?

  • 13They gaped at me with their mouths, like a ravening and roaring lion.

  • 38He has forsaken His shelter, like a lion; for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of His fierce anger.

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    2Lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

  • Ezek 19:5-7
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    5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.

    6And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch prey, and devoured men.

    7And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; the land was desolate, with all its fullness, by the noise of his roaring.

  • 9He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

  • 7The lion has come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the nations is on his way; he has gone forth from his place to make your land desolate; and your cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

  • 6For a nation has come up against my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the cheek teeth of a great lion.

  • 4For thus has the LORD spoken to me, Like a lion and the young lion roaring over his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor humble himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion, and for its hill.

  • 10They shall walk after the LORD; he shall roar like a lion: when he roars, then the children shall tremble from the west.

  • 38They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions' cubs.

  • Ezek 19:2-3
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    2And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her cubs among young lions.

    3And she brought up one of her cubs; it became a young lion, and it learned to catch prey; it devoured men.

  • 1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

  • 7Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way I will observe them:

  • 5Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion came roaring against him.

  • 10He was to me like a bear lying in wait, and like a lion in hiding.

  • 13The slothful man says, 'There is a lion outside; I shall be slain in the streets.'

  • 9Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, you have gone up: he stooped down, he crouched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

  • 18How the animals groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

  • 19As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • 14For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

  • 15As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over poor people.

  • 13The lazy man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

  • 17Though the fig tree shall not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.

  • 6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

  • 3And he cried with a loud voice, like a lion roars, and when he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices.

  • 3There is the sound of the howling of the shepherds, for their glory is destroyed. The sound of the roaring of young lions, for the pride of Jordan is laid waste.

  • 9All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yes, all you beasts in the forest.