Amos 3:6

Translations

Modern

If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

Traditional

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?

Literal

If a shofar is blown in the city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not YHWH sent it?

Latin

…si clanget tuba in civitate, et populus non expavescet? si erit malum in civitate, quod Dominus non fecerit?

Original

Hebrew

English

If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

Notes

Amos 3:6

calamity … has not the LORD caused it?: God sends both the good and pleasant, as well as the harmful and painful (Isaiah 45:7; Lamentations 3:38; see Deuteronomy 28; Job 2:10).

Amos 3:3–6

Amos explains his call to prophesy using rhetorical questions that should be answered with "no." However, the metaphorical language has a deeper meaning beyond the questions.

Amos 3:1–5:17

Amos delivers three prophetic messages to Israel, criticizing their mistaken belief about being God's chosen people. The messages show a progression toward judgment.

Theme notes and profiles

Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility

Events

Prophecies of Amosc. 788 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 45:7
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Isaiah 14:24–27
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
Zephaniah 1:16
…a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.
Genesis 50:20
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
2 Corinthians 5:11
Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.
Jeremiah 10:7
Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
Jeremiah 6:1
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
Jeremiah 4:5
Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’
Acts 2:23
He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
Ezekiel 33:3
…and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.
Jeremiah 5:22
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
Acts 4:28
They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

Glossary

Book of Amos

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Dispensation of God Afflictions: God Appoints Judgments are from God The Providence of God: To be Acknowledged in Public Calamities Trumpet used in War War: God Uses, As a Judgment

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