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Amos 1:2. And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. Revelation 5:5. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the ...
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The lion hath roared; God hath threatened; and, as a lion...
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The lion hath roared; God hath threatened; and, as a lion roareth when near his prey, so God hath terribly threatened what is near to be done. Amos lived and prophesied in Jeroboam’s time, about A.M. 3150, and these threatened judgments began to come upon Israel when the conspiracies and usurpations of Shallum, Menahem, &c. filled all with blood and confusions, about A.M. 3177.
Amos 3:3-8 meaning. Amos uses a series of rhetorical questions to announce judgment on the disobedient Israelites. Having reminded the Israelites of their special covenant relationship with the LORD (vv. 1-2), Amos used a series of rhetorical questions to announce judgment on the people who failed to obey the covenantal principles.
Sep 30, 2024 · One striking example occurs in 1 Peter 5:8, where he describes the devil as a “roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” Here, the lion is Satan seeking to harm believers and lead them away from God. In the Old Testament, the king condemned the prophet Daniel to death, throwing him into a lion’s den to kill him . Daniel miraculously ...
Jan 24, 2017 · Then the citizens of Nineveh repent, and God relents from his punishment. So even though he says in Amos 1-2 “for three crimes of X and for four I will not turn back the punishment”, this really is hyperbole. If God were not interested in repentance, he wouldn’t have this strategy of speaking to his prophets.
By the use of the term roar, the prophet shews that he has the figure of a lion in his mind (see Amos 3:8; and cp. Hosea 11:10; also Isaiah 31:4; Hosea 13:7-8); and as the ‘roar’ (shâ’ag, not nâham) is the loud cry with which the animal springs upon its prey, it is the sound of near destruction which the prophet hears pealing from Zion.
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Jan 4, 2022 · But even the threat of a roaring lion cannot overcome those who stand firm in the armor of the Lord (Romans 8:37). Probably the most familiar mention of lions in the Bible is found in the story of the prophet Daniel. This godly man was thrown into a lions’ den for refusing to obey the Persian king’s ban on prayer (Daniel 6:16). A lions ...
