6Shall 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?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: …
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
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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