8The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
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Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Will 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?
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.
Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: …
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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