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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.
Amos went as prophet to Samaria or Bethel, because the Lord had sent him thither to preach judgment to the sinful kingdom. But God would not threaten judgment if He had not a nation ripe for judgment before Him. The lion which roars when it has the prey before it is Jehovah (cf. Amos 1:2; Hosea 11:10, etc.).
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Amos has thus vindicated his own calling, and the right of...
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ח אריה שאג מי לא יירא אדני יהוה דבר מי לא ינבא
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A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has...
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The shepherd dares not to contend with the lion; he always...
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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.
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.
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.
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.
In Amos 3:4, the prophet Amos uses the metaphor of a lion to convey a powerful and sobering message. The lion is a symbol of strength, ferocity, and predatory nature. In the wilderness, a lion roars when it has found its prey and is about to devour it.
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Amos 3:8. The lion hath roared, who will not fear? &c.] Amos said this from his own experience, who, having been a herdsman in the wilderness of Tekoa, had often heard a lion roar, which had put him into a panic, both for himself, and the cattle he kept; the figure is explained in the next clause: the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
