Amos 3:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken— who will not prophesy?”
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“The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken— who will not prophesy?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?”
King James Version · Public Domain“The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A lion hath roared--who doth not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken--who doth not prophesy?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Amos 3:8 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 32:18For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
- Job 32:19Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
- Isaiah 21:10O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.
- Jeremiah 20:9If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
- Jeremiah 26:12But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
- Amos 1:2He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
- Amos 2:12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
- Amos 3:4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
- Amos 7:12And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.
- Amos 7:14“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
- Amos 7:15But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
- Jonah 1:1Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
- Jonah 3:1Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
- Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
- Acts 5:20“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
- Acts 5:29But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
- 1 Corinthians 9:16Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
- Revelation 5:5Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
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