Amos 3:8

New English Translation

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

Cross References

Isaiah 21:10

O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you.

Isaiah 31:4

Indeed, this is what the Lord says to me: “The Lord will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the Lord who commands armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.

Jeremiah 20:9

Sometimes I think, “I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more.” But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.

Jeremiah 26:12

Then Jeremiah made his defense before all the officials and all the people. “The Lord sent me to prophesy everything you have heard me say against this temple and against this city.

Ezekiel 29:21

On that day I will make Israel powerful, and I will give you the right to be heard among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Amos 1:2

Amos said: “The Lord comes roaring out of Zion; from Jerusalem he comes bellowing! The shepherds’ pastures wilt; the summit of Carmel withers.”

Amos 2:12

“But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy!’

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?

Acts 4:20

for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”

Acts 5:20

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

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people.

1 Corinthians 9:16

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

Revelation 5:5

Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; thus he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”