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- Just as the roar of the lion, or the growl of the young lion, means that the prey is before them, the roaring of the prophet against Israel means that, "God not only has before him the nation that is ripe for judgment, but that he has it in his power."
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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The lion which roars when it has the prey before it is...
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8 NIV - Amos 3:8 The lion has roared--who will not fear? The...
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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.
The lion which roars when it has the prey before it is Jehovah (cf. Amos 1:2; Hosea 11:10, etc.). טרף אין לו is not to be interpreted according to the second clause, as signifying "without having got possession of its prey" (Hitzig), for the lion is accustomed to roar when it has the prey before it and there is no possibility of its ...
Jan 24, 2017 · In verse 4, we have two sentences about lions roaring, something you might hear in the distance (up to 5 miles away) without seeing the lion itself (indeed, that is about as close as one would hope to come to a lion in the wild).
If a lion roars, the reason is it has caught its prey. If a bird-trap shuts, the reason is a bird has been caught in it. If troops assemble for battle, the reason is the city fears an attack (3-6). Likewise if a prophet speaks boldly, the reason is God has given him a warning to pass on to the people.
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing? Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it?
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Amos 3:4. Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey? &c.] 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.
