Amos 3:8

World English Bible (2000)

The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

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  • Amos 3:4 : 4 Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
  • Jer 20:9 : 9 If I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I can't [contain].
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."
  • Amos 1:2 : 2 He said: "Yahweh will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither."
  • Amos 2:12 : 12 "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'
  • Amos 7:12-17 : 12 Amaziah also said to Amos, "You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!" 14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs; 15 and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.' 16 Now therefore listen to the word of Yahweh: 'You say, Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the house of Isaac.' 17 Therefore thus says Yahweh: 'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"
  • 1 Cor 9:16 : 16 For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me, if I don't preach the Good News.
  • Rev 5:5 : 5 One of the elders said to me, "Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals."
  • Job 32:18-19 : 18 For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me. 19 Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
  • Jonah 1:1-3 : 1 Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me." 3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.
  • Jonah 3:1-3 : 1 The word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you." 3 So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.
  • Acts 5:20 : 20 "Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life."
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

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  • Amos 3:6-7
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    6Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn't done it?

    7Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

  • Amos 3:9
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    9Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them."

  • Hos 11:10
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    10They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.

  • Isa 31:4
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    4For thus says Yahweh to me, "As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.

  • Amos 3:4
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    4Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?

  • Jer 25:30
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    30Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and tell them, Yahweh will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as those who tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.

  • Joel 3:16
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    16Yahweh will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

  • Isa 5:29
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    29Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.

  • Nah 2:11-13
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    73%

    11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion's cubs, and no one made them afraid?

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

    13"Behold, I am against you," says Yahweh of Armies, "and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard."

  • Amos 1:2
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    2He said: "Yahweh will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither."

  • Jer 4:7-8
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    7A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

    8For this clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn't turned back from us.

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

    11The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.

  • Rev 10:3
    72%

    3He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.

  • Jer 50:44
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    44Behold, [the enemy] shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who can stand before me?

  • Zech 11:3
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    3A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.

  • Amos 3:13
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    13"Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies.

  • 1 Kgs 13:26
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    26When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, "It is the man of God who was disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh. Therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, which has mauled him and slain him, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to him."

  • Deut 18:21-22
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    21If you say in your heart, "How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?"

    22when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing doesn't follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.

  • Jer 49:19
    70%

    19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who will stand before me?

  • Isa 21:8
    70%

    8He cried like a lion: "Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.

  • Joel 1:6
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    6For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.

  • Job 28:8
    70%

    8The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.

  • Mic 3:8
    70%

    8But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Yahweh, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.

  • Num 23:24
    70%

    24Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain."

  • 1 Kgs 20:36
    70%

    36Then he said to him, "Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall kill you." As soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and killed him.

  • Ezek 13:1
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    1The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

  • Ezek 34:1
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    1The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

  • Jer 25:38
    70%

    38He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.

  • Jer 13:15
    70%

    15Hear, and give ear; don't be proud; for Yahweh has spoken.

  • Mic 5:8
    69%

    8The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

  • Jer 51:38
    69%

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

  • Mic 3:5
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    5Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace!" and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:

  • Ezek 13:7
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    7Haven't you seen a false vision, and haven't you spoken a lying divination, in that you say, Yahweh says; but I have not spoken?

  • Ezek 13:3
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    3Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

  • Joel 2:1
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    1Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand:

  • Jer 2:15
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    15The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

  • Ezek 21:8
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    8The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

  • Prov 30:30
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    30The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn't turn away for any;

  • Hos 13:7-8
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    7Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.

    8I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.

  • Joel 2:11
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    11Yahweh thunders his voice before his army; for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?

  • Hos 5:14
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    14For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.

  • Job 41:10
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    10None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

  • Ezek 30:1
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    1The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,