Amos 3:6
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?
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?
Note be afraid: or, run together?
Note the LORD…: or, shall not the LORDdo somewhat?
Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the Lord hasn’t done it?
Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- a trumpet
- Jeremiah 4:5; Jeremiah 6:1; Ezekiel 33:3; Hosea 5:8; Zephaniah 1:16
- and the people
- Jeremiah 5:22; Jeremiah 10:7; 2 Corinthians 5:11
- be afraid
- or, run together. shall there. That is, Shall there be any evil, or calamity, (not moral evil,) inflicted on a wicked city, which does not proceed from me, as the effect of my wrath? These animated interrogatives were intended to convince the people that they had cause for alarm, as their monstrous iniquities called down the vengeance of God to punish them with these calamities.
- Genesis 50:20; Isaiah 14:24–27; Isaiah 45:7; Acts 2:23; Acts 4:28