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Amos 3:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

If a ram’s horn  is blown in a city, aren’t people afraid? If a disaster  occurs in a city, hasn’t the Lord done it?

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I form light and create darkness, I make success and create disaster; I am the Lord, who does all these things.


a day of ram’s horn and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.


Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord,  we try to persuade people. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your consciences.


You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result #– #the survival of many people.


Though he was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used  lawless people to nail him to a cross and kill him.


‘Run for cover out of Jerusalem, Benjaminites. Sound the ram’s horn  in Tekoa; raise a smoke signal  over Beth-haccherem, for disaster threatens from the north, even a crushing blow.


Declare in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry out loudly and say, ‘Assemble yourselves, and let’s flee to the fortified cities.’


to do whatever your hand and your will had predestined to take place.


And suppose he sees the sword coming against the land and blows his ram’s horn  to warn the people.


Who should not fear you, King of the nations? It is what you deserve. For among all the wise people of the nations and among all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.


Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the war cry in Beth-aven: Look behind you,  Benjamin!


Do you not fear me? This is the  Lord’s declaration. Do you not tremble before me, the one who set the sand as the boundary of the sea, an enduring barrier that it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar, but cannot pass over it.


My anguish, my anguish!  I writhe in agony! Oh, the pain in   my heart! My heart pounds; I cannot be silent. For you, my soul, have heard the sound of the ram’s horn – the shout of battle.


Does a bird land in a trap on the ground if there is no bait for it? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has caught nothing?


For prior to those days neither people nor animals had wages. There was no safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I turned everyone against his neighbour.


While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger  came down to him. Then he said, ‘This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer? ’





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