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He will not, unless he has it in his sight, or in his paws; he roars when he first sees it, whereby he terrifies the creature, that it cannot move till he comes up to it; and when he has got it in his paws, he roars over it, to invite others to partake with him.
The rhetorical question implies that a lion does not roar without reason, just as God does not issue warnings without cause. This suggests that God's messages through the prophets are purposeful and intentional.
He will not, unless he has it in his sight, or in his paws; he roars when he first sees it, whereby he terrifies the creature, that it cannot move till he comes up to it; and when he has got it in his paws, he roars over it, to invite others to partake with him.
Amos 3:4-9 New Century Version (NCV) A lion in the forest does not roar unless it has caught an animal; it does not growl in its den when it has caught nothing. A bird will not fall into a trap where there is no bait; the trap will not spring shut if there is nothing to catch.
A lion does not roar in the forest unless it has found prey. Young lions do not growl in their dens unless they have captured something and are protecting it (cf. Amos 1:2).
A young lion does not growl or utter his voice unless he has caught something. Similarly, the LORD would not roar from Zion if He were not about to attack Israel ( Amos 1:2 ). Such an attack was unavoidable because Israel had failed to follow God's covenantal stipulations.
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