4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
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They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)The scope of these verses is to convince the people of Israel that God had a controversy with them. That which the prophet has to say to them is to let them know that the Lord has something to say against them, Amos 3:1. They were his peculiar people above others, knew his name, and were called by it; nevertheless he had something against them , and they were called to hear what it was, that they…
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