Amos 3:6

Amos 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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?
• New International Version (NIV)When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the Lord caused it?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the Lord has done it?
• New King James Version (NKJV)If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?

Context of Amos 3:6

4If a lion roars in the forest, it means that he has killed an animal to eat. A young lion does not shout unless he has caught something. 5If there is no food in a trap, a bird will not fly into it. If the door of the trap closes, it means that it has caught something. Also, if the people in a city hear a trumpet's sound, they become very afraid. If bad trouble comes to a city, it means that the Lord has sent it. 7Before the Lord God decides to send trouble, he first tells his prophets about it. 8So now the lion has roared! Everyone should be afraid! The Lord God has spoken, so his prophets must tell his message.

Amos 3:6 word by word

אִם־יִתָּקַ֤ע שׁוֹפָר֙ בְּעִ֔יר וְעָ֖ם לֹ֣א יֶחֱרָ֑דוּ אִם־תִּהְיֶ֤ה רָעָה֙ בְּעִ֔יר וַיהוָ֖ה לֹ֥א עָשָֽׂה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Shall a trumpetשֹׁפָרshôphâr shôphâr · trumpetH7782
• be blownתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
• in the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• not be afraidחָרַדchârad · to trembleH2729
• shall there be evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
• and the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath not doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Amos 3:6

• Jeremiah 4:5The Lord said: ‘Shout this message to the people in Jerusalem and in all Judah: “Make a loud noise with trumpets in all the land!” Shout loudly, “Come together! We must all run to the cities with strong walls!”
• Jeremiah 6:1You descendants of Benjamin, you must run away to be safe! Escape from Jerusalem! Make a noise with a trumpet in Tekoa! Light a fire to warn people in Beth-Hakkerem! A great army is coming from the north. It will come to destroy everything!
• Ezekiel 33:3Then, if the guard sees that enemy soldiers are ready to attack, he must blow a trumpet to warn his people.
• Hosea 5:8‘Make a noise with your horns in Gibeah! Make a noise with your trumpets in Ramah! Warn the people in Beth Aven of danger! Men of Benjamin's tribe, prepare to fight!
• Zephaniah 1:16At that time, people will make a noise with trumpets. They will shout when they go to fight in a war. In the fight, they will try to destroy the strong walls of cities. And they will try to destroy the strong high parts of the walls.
• Jeremiah 5:22The Lord says, ‘You should respect me and obey me. You should shake with fear when you come to me. I made the sand as an edge for the sea. It is like a wall that the sea cannot cross. The sea's waves may attack the shore, but it cannot go further than that edge.
• Jeremiah 10:7Everyone should respect you, the King who rules all the nations. You deserve that people give you honour. There is nobody like you anywhere in the world. Among all the wise people of the nations and among all their kings, there is no one like you.
• 2 Corinthians 5:11We know that the Lord will judge us, so we are careful to obey him. Because of that, we tell God's message to people. We want them to believe in God. And God himself knows that we try to do what is right. I hope that you know that also, when you think about it.
• Genesis 50:20You decided to hurt me. But God caused a good thing to happen because of that. God brought me here to save the lives of many people. You can see how that has really happened!
• Isaiah 14:24The Lord Almighty promises this: ‘It will happen exactly as I have decided. Yes, it will really happen like that.
• Isaiah 45:7I make light and I also make darkness. I make peace as well as trouble. I am the Lord. I do all these things.
• Acts 2:23God knew that Jesus' enemies would give him to you. God had decided that this should happen. You let people who do not obey God's Law fix him to the cross. In that way you killed him.
• Acts 4:28But you are powerful. These men did only what you said would happen. You had already decided on these events.

Commentaries on Amos 3:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Shall a trumpet be blown - The sign of alarm and invasion. And the people not be afraid? - Not take the alarm, and provide for their defense and safety? Shall there be evil in a city - Shall there be any public calamity on the wicked, that is not an effect of my displeasure? The word does not mean moral evil, but punishment for sin; calamities falling on the workers of iniquity. Natural evil is the punishment of moral evil: God sends the former when the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Is there evil in the city and the Lord hath not done it? - Evil is of two sorts, evil of sin, and evil of punishment. There is no other; for evil of nature, or evil of fortune, are evils, by God‘s Providence, punishing the evil of sin. Augustine, c. Adim. 26: “Evil, which is sin, the Lord hath not done; evil, which is punishment for sin, the Lord bringeth.” The Providence of God governing and controlling all things, man doth ill which he wills, so as to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6calamity … has not the LORD caused it?: God sends both the good and pleasant, as well as the harmful and painful (Isaiah 45:7; Lamentations 3:38; see Deuteronomy 28; Job 2:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. Here follow several questions of a parable-like kind, to awaken conviction in the people. Can two walk together, except they be agreed?--Can God's prophets be so unanimous in prophesying against you, if God's Spirit were not joined with them, or if their prophecies were false? The Israelites were "at ease," not believing that God was with the prophets in their denunciations of coming ruin to the nation (Am 6:1, 3; compare 1Ki 22:18, 24, 27; Jr 43:2)…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Amos 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings