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Selected Verse: Amos 3:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Am 3:4 |
Strong Concordance |
Will a lion [0738] roar [07580] in the forest [03293], when he hath no prey [02964]? will a young lion [03715] cry out [05414] [06963] of his den [04585], if he have taken [03920] nothing [01115]? |
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King James |
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? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The same idea as in Mat 24:28. Where a corrupt nation is, there God's instruments of punishment are sure also to be. The lion roars loudly only when he has prey in sight.
Will a young lion cry out . . . if he--the "lion," not the "young lion."
have taken nothing?--The young lion just weaned lies silent, until the old lion brings the prey near; then the scent rouses him. So, the prophet would not speak against Israel, if God did not reveal to him Israel's sins as requiring punishment. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? - Then, further, each question by itself suggests its own thought. Amos had already, in repeating Joel's words, spoken of God's Voice, under the image of a lion roaring (Amo 1:2; Hos 11:10 (add Hos 5:14; Hos 6:1; Hos 13:7); Jer 25:30). Hosea had likened Israel to "a silly dove without heat Hos 7:11; on the other hand, he had likened God's loud call to repentance to the roaring of the lion, the conversion of Israel to the return of the dove to its home Hos 11:10-11. As the roaring of the lion causeth terror, for he sendeth forth his terrible roar when he is about to spring on his prey , so God threatens by His prophets, only when He is about to punish. Yet the lion's roar is a warning to escape. God's threatening is a warning to betake them to repentance, and so to escape from all fear, by fleeing from their sins. If the season is neglected, wilt thou rescue the prey from the lion's grasp, or thyself from the wrath of God? |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Will a lion roar - Should I threaten such a judgment without cause? |
28 For [1063] wheresoever [1437] [3699] the carcase [4430] is [5600], there [1563] will [4863] the eagles [105] be gathered together [4863].
10 They shall walk [03212] after [0310] the LORD [03068]: he shall roar [07580] like a lion [0738]: when he shall roar [07580], then the children [01121] shall tremble [02729] from the west [03220].
11 They shall tremble [02729] as a bird [06833] out of Egypt [04714], and as a dove [03123] out of the land [0776] of Assyria [0804]: and I will place [03427] them in their houses [01004], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
11 Ephraim [0669] also is like a silly [06601] dove [03123] without heart [03820]: they call [07121] to Egypt [04714], they go [01980] to Assyria [0804].
30 Therefore prophesy [05012] thou against them all these words [01697], and say [0559] unto them, The LORD [03068] shall roar [07580] from on high [04791], and utter [05414] his voice [06963] from his holy [06944] habitation [04583]; he shall mightily [07580] roar [07580] upon his habitation [05116]; he shall give [06030] a shout [01959], as they that tread [01869] the grapes, against all the inhabitants [03427] of the earth [0776].
7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion [07826]: as a leopard [05246] by the way [01870] will I observe [07789] them:
1 Come [03212], and let us return [07725] unto the LORD [03068]: for he hath torn [02963], and he will heal [07495] us; he hath smitten [05221], and he will bind us up [02280].
14 For I will be unto Ephraim [0669] as a lion [07826], and as a young lion [03715] to the house [01004] of Judah [03063]: I, even I, will tear [02963] and go away [03212]; I will take away [05375], and none shall rescue [05337] him.
10 They shall walk [03212] after [0310] the LORD [03068]: he shall roar [07580] like a lion [0738]: when he shall roar [07580], then the children [01121] shall tremble [02729] from the west [03220].
2 And he said [0559], The LORD [03068] will roar [07580] from Zion [06726], and utter [05414] his voice [06963] from Jerusalem [03389]; and the habitations [04999] of the shepherds [07462] shall mourn [056], and the top [07218] of Carmel [03760] shall wither [03001].