The lion hath roared: who will not be afraid? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but [a]prophesy?

Proclaim in the palaces at [b]Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria: so behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.

10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord: they store up violence, and robbery [c]in their palaces.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 3:8 Because the people ever murmured against the Prophets, he showeth that God’s Spirit moved them so to speak as they did.
  2. Amos 3:9 He calleth the strangers, as the Philistines and Egyptians, to be witness of God’s judgments against the Israelites for their cruelty and oppression.
  3. Amos 3:10 The fruit of their cruelty and theft appeareth by their great riches, which they have in their houses.

The lion(A) has roared(B)
    who will not fear?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken—
    who can but prophesy?(C)

Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod(D)
    and to the fortresses of Egypt:
“Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria;(E)
    see the great unrest within her
    and the oppression among her people.”

10 “They do not know how to do right,(F)” declares the Lord,
    “who store up in their fortresses(G)
    what they have plundered(H) and looted.”

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