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Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? The "evil" is affliction, calamity, malum poenae. As states have no future, all temporal calamities in their case may rightly be regarded as the punishment of sin.
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(6, 7) Surely the Lord. . .—In this, and the preceding...
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If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done...
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6 NASB - Amos 3:6 If a ram's horn sounds in a city, do the...
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Jan 8, 2023 · BSB: If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it? NKJV: If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it? NASB: If a disaster occurs in a city, has the LORD not brought it about?
Not a calamity can befall a city, not a trouble light upon an individual, without the hand of God permitting and directing it. Guard against hard thoughts of God. God deals thus in the way of punishment and correction.
Scripture confirms that evil in a city is under the sovereign control of God and occurs for a purpose. It is the task of thinking people to consider what this purpose is. There are two key aspects. The first is what God intends to achieve by the social unrest; the second is the underlying causes that resulted in God’s allowing of this rioting.
If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it? If a trumpet is blown in a city, will the people not tremble? If a disaster occurs in a city, has the Lord not brought it about? - What is the meaning of Amos 3:6?
If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?
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Calamity in the city was caused by the folly of fallen man. Wickedness in that city was also caused by the wisdom of the omnipotent God. You know the tendency people have when there is a calamity in a family to say to the parent, “Now don’t blame God for this.”.