Amos 3:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Everyone is terrified when a lion roars— and ordinary people become prophets when the LORD God speaks.

Cross References

Acts 4:20

We cannot keep quiet about what we have seen and heard.”

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest unless it has caught a victim? Does it growl in its den unless it is eating?

Jeremiah 20:9

Sometimes I tell myself not to think about you, LORD, or even mention your name. But your message burns in my heart and bones, and I cannot keep silent.

Amos 1:2

and I said: When the LORD roars from Jerusalem, pasture lands and Mount Carmel dry up and turn brown.

Revelation 5:5

Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop crying and look! The one who is called both the ‘Lion from the Tribe of Judah’ and ‘King David's Great Descendant’ has won the victory. He will open the book and its seven seals.”

1 Corinthians 9:16

I don't have any reason to boast about preaching the good news. Preaching is something God told me to do, and if I don't do it, I am doomed.

Amos 2:12

But you commanded the prophets not to speak their message, and you pressured the Nazirites into drinking wine.

Acts 5:29

Peter and the apostles replied: We don't obey people. We obey God.

Acts 5:20

“Go to the temple and tell the people everything about this new life.”

Isaiah 31:4

The LORD All-Powerful said to me, “I will roar and attack like a fearless lion not frightened by the shouts of shepherds trying to protect their sheep. That's how I will come down and fight on Mount Zion.

Ezekiel 29:21

Ezekiel, when Egypt is defeated, I will make the people of Israel strong, and I will give you the power to speak to them. Then they will know that I, the LORD, have done these things.

Isaiah 21:10

Then I said, “My people, you have suffered terribly, but I have a message for you from the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel.”

Jeremiah 26:12

Then I told the judges and everyone else: The LORD himself sent me to tell you about the terrible things he will do to you, to Jerusalem, and to the temple. But if you change your ways and start obeying the LORD, he will change his mind.