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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 · Firstly, the biblehub interlinear translates Amos 3:6b as : 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. It could have been a righteous judgment on an evil deed.
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?"
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 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?
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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?"