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Oct 22, 2024 · The lion roars! - Amos 1.
Welcome to Bible study! Feel free to ask questions and participate on the chat as I'll be monitoring it at regular intervals. In this session we look at Amos...
A transformative sermon series as we journey through the book of Amos, uncovering profound lessons on justice, integrity, and faith. Explore how ancient prop...
Jan 24, 2017 · What I have described as a feature of southern American conversation demonstrates the use of rhetorical questions to answer other questions, but it contrasts with Amos 3:3-8 in a couple of important ways. First, the implied answer of Amos’ questions is “no” rather than “yes.”
In the next verse Amos used the imagery of a lion to ask two questions. The first question reads, Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? A negative answer is implied here. A lion does not roar unless he has his prey in sight and is ready to jump on it.
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:
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Does a lion roar if he has captured something?
Who will not fear the Lion hath roared?
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What is the implied answer of Amos' questions?
For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
