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Amos 3:8

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8A alion has roared! Who will not fear?

The bLord 1God has spoken! cWho can but prophesy?

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Amos 3:8: “The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken; who can but prophesy?”

Footnotes

  1. 1Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

Cross references

  1. aAmos 1:2
  2. bJon 1:1–3; 3:1–3
  3. cJer 20:9; Acts 4:20

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The lion has roared;

who will not fear?

The Lord God has spoken;

who can but prophesy?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The lion has roared—

who will not fear?

The Sovereign Lord has spoken—

who can but prophesy?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A lion has roared;

who will not fear?

The Lord God has spoken;

who will not prophesy?

NLTNew Living Translation

The lion has roared—

so who isn’t frightened?

The Sovereign Lord has spoken—

so who can refuse to proclaim his message?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? My Lord Yahweh has spoken, who will not prophesy?

KJV 1900King James Version

The lion hath roared, who will not fear?

The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?