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Amos 3:8

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The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?

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O my threshed people and my afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.

For thus the Lord has spoken to me: Like the lion, and the young lion, roars over his prey, against which a multitude of shepherds is called out against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor disturbed at their noise, so shall the Lord of Hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion, and for its hill.

But if I say, “I will not make mention of Him nor speak anymore in His name,” then His word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I was weary of forbearing it, and I could not endure it.

Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people, saying, “The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

On that day I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

He said: The Lord roars from Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds languish, the top of Carmel withers.

But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, “Do not prophesy.”

Does a lion roar in the forest, if it has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from its den, if it has not caught something?

For we cannot help but declare what we have seen and heard.”

“Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”

Peter and the other apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for the requirement is laid upon me. Yes, woe unto me if I do not preach the gospel!

Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.”




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