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

4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has taken prey? 5Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground if it has no bait? Will a snare spring up from the ground without taking anything? If a shofar alarm sounds in a city, will people not tremble? If there is calamity in a city, has not Adonai caused it? 7For the Lord Adonai, will do nothing, unless He has revealed His counsel to His servants the prophets. 8A lion has roared, who will not fear? My Lord Adonai has spoken, who shall not prophesy?

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 4:5Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, saying: “Blow the shofar in the land!” Cry aloud and say, “Assemble yourselves! Let us go into the fortified cities.”
• Jeremiah 6:1Flee for refuge, children of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the shofar in Tekoa and raise a signal in Beth-cherem! For disaster looms from the north, even terrible destruction.
• Ezekiel 33:3If, when he sees the sword coming upon the land, he blows the shofar and warns the people,
• Hosea 5:8Blow a shofar in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah! Sound an alarm at Beth-aven: “Behind you, Benjamin!”
• Zephaniah 1:16a day of shofar and alarm against the fortified cities and against the high corner towers.
• Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?’ says Adonai. ‘Do you not tremble in My presence?’ For I made the sand a boundary of the sea, an everlasting decree that cannot be broken. Though the waves roll, they cannot prevail. Though they roar, they cannot cross it.
• Jeremiah 10:7Who should not fear You, Ruler of the nations? For it is your due! For among all the wise of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
• 2 Corinthians 5:11Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we are trying to persuade people, but what we are is known to God—and I hope it is known to your consciences as well.
• Genesis 50:20Yes, you yourselves planned evil against me. God planned it for good, in order to bring about what it is this day—to preserve the lives of many people.
• Isaiah 14:24Adonai Tzva’ot has sworn, saying: “Surely, as I thought it, so it will be. As I have purposed, so it will stand.
• Isaiah 45:7I form light and create darkness. I make shalom and create calamity. I, Adonai, do all these things.
• Acts 2:23this Yeshua, given over by God’s predetermined plan and foreknowledge, nailed to the cross by the hand of lawless men, you killed.
• Acts 4:28They did whatever Your hand and Your purpose predetermined to happen.

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