Amos 3:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

A trumpet

Zephaniah 1:16

And the people

Jeremiah 5:22

Jeremiah 10:7

2 Corinthians 5:11

Shall there

Acts 4:28

General references

1 Corinthians 14:8

Bible References

A trumpet

Declare ye in Judah And in Jerusalem, let it be heard, And say, Blow ye a horn in the land, - Cry, with frill voice And say, Gather yourselves together, And let us enter the defenced cities.

Take your goods into safety, ye sons of Benjamin out of the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa, blow ye a horn, And on Beth-haccherem, raise a fire-signal, - For calamity, hath looked out from the North, Even a great destruction.

And he shall see the sword coming upon the land, - and shall blow with the born and warn the people

Blow ye a horn in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, - sound an alarm at Beth-aven, behind thee, O Benjamin!

day of horn, and war-shout, - against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.

And the people

Even for me, will ye have no reverence? Enquireth Yahweh, And because of me, will ye not he pained? In that though I placed the sand as a bound to the sea, A decree age-abiding, and it should not pass beyond it, - When they would toss themselves Then should they not prevail, When the waves thereof would roar Then should they not pass beyond it,

Who would not revere thee, O King of nations? For, thee, doth it beseem; Forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations And throughout all their royal estate, None, there is like unto thee.

Knowing, then, the fear of the Lord, we persuade, men, but, unto God, are manifest, - I hope, moreover, even in your consciences, that we are manifest:

Shall there

Ye, indeed, planned against me, evil, - God, planned it, for good, for the sake of doing, as at this day, to save alive much people.

Yahweh of hosts, hath sworn, saying, - Surely as I intended, so, hath it come to pass, And as I purposed, the same, shall stand: -

Forming light and creating darkness, Making prosperity, and creating misfortune, - I - Yahweh, who doeth all these.

The same, by the marked out counsel and foreknowledge of God given up, through the hands of lawless men, suspending, ye slew,

To do whatsoever, thy hand and thy counsel, marked out beforehand to come to pass.

General references

Then Yahweh said unto him - Who appointed a mouth for man, or who appointeth him to be dumb, or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, Yahweh,?

But, now, is it, without Yahweh, that I have come up against this land to destroy it? Yahweh himself, said unto me, Go thou up against this land and destroy it!

Who gave, as a booty, Jacob. And, Israel, to them who were ready to take prey? Was it not Yahweh I? He against whom we have sinned, And they were not willing, in his ways, to walk, Neither hearkened they to his instruction?

Out of the mouth of the Most High, Proceed there not misfortunes and blessing?

For, if also, an uncertain sound, a trumpet, should give, who shall prepare himself for battle?