O thou my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.\par
Amos 3:8 - American Standard Version 2015 The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy? [Acts 4:20; 5:20, 29; I Cor. 9:16.] American Standard Version (1901) The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy? Common English Bible A lion has roared; who will not fear? The LORD God has spoken; who can but prophesy? Catholic Public Domain Version The lion will roar, who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken, who will not prophesy? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy? |
O thou my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.\par
For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.
And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot {\i contain}.
Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth unto the house of Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.\par
And he said, Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.\par
But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.\par
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
Go ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.
But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel.
and one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome to open the book and the seven seals thereof.