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Amos 3:6
Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn’t done it?
Amos 3:6 · World English Bible
Amos 3:6 in other translations
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
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?
Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does disaster happen to a city, unless the Lord has done it?
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In context
3 Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
4 Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
5 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?
6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn’t done it?
7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
8 The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?
9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.”
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