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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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6 KJV - Amos 3:6 If a ram's horn sounds in a city, do the...
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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 · If there is a calamity in a city Yahweh not will have done (it) This implies, to me, that Jehovah causes 'calamities' but the text does not specify the nature or the reason for the adverse occurrence.
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?
Mar 27, 2020 · 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.”
If a ram's horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
Amos 3:4-5 contain four more cause-and-effect questions, but verse 6 applies specifically to our situation in America: "If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the L ORD have done it?" God is forcing us to agree with His logic.
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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.