O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, what I heard from Adonai Tzva’ot, God of Israel, I have declared to you.
Amos 3:8 - Tree of Life Version A lion has roared, who will not fear? My Lord Adonai has spoken, who shall not prophesy? 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 my people, crushed on the threshing floor, what I heard from Adonai Tzva’ot, God of Israel, I have declared to you.
For thus says Adonai to me: “As a lion or a young lion growls over its prey, though a company of shepherds is called out against him —their voice does not disturb him, nor does their noise upset him— so Adonai-Tzva’ot will come down to fight on Mount Zion, on its hill.
But if I say: “I won’t mention Him, or speak any more in His Name,” then it is like fire burning in my heart— shut up in my bones— I weary myself holding it in, but I cannot.
Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying: “Adonai sent me to prophesy all the words you have heard against this House and against this city.
“In that day I will cause a horn to shoot up for the house of Israel. I will open your mouth among them. They will know that I am Adonai.”
He said: Adonai roars from Zion, From Jerusalem He gives His voice. The shepherds’ pastures mourn, and the top of Mount Carmel withers.
“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and you commanded the prophets saying, ‘Do not prophesy.’
Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has taken prey?
“Go, stand in the Temple and speak to the people the whole message about this Life.”
For if I proclaim the Good News, I have no reason to boast—for pressure is put on me and woe to me if I don’t proclaim the Good News!
Then one of the elders tells me, “Stop weeping! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed—He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals.”