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In the context of Amos, the lion's roar symbolizes God's voice of judgment and warning. Historically, lions were known to inhabit the regions around Israel, and their roar would have been a familiar and fearsome sound to the people.
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Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain...
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Amos 3:4-6. Will a lion roar, &c., when he hath no prey? — “Naturalists assert that when the lion sees his prey, he roars before he rushes on it; and that at this roaring many animals show great fear. He likewise roars over his prey.
Amos concluded by saying, A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy? These two lines are parallel, suggesting that the word "lion" refers to the LORD. That is, the all-powerful God roared like a lion to announce judgment on His covenant people.
Jan 24, 2017 · And we might already suspect that God is being compared to a lion, since Amos opens up in 1:2 “The LORD from Zion roars, and from Jerusalem he makes his voice heard” – the same verbs as what he have in 3:4.
7 This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”. And I said, “A plumb line.”. Then the Lord said, “Behold, I am setting a plumb line. in the midst of my people Israel;
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion [ a ] cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing? 5 Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no [ b ] trap for it?
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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.
