Amos 3:8 (DRB)

Passage

The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?

Nearby Context

Amos 3:6 Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?

Amos 3:7 For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

Amos 3:8 The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?

Amos 3:9 Publish it in the houses of Azotus, and in the houses of the land of Egypt, and say: Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the many follies in the midst thereof, and them that suffer oppression in the inner rooms thereof.

Amos 3:10 And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lion", "shall", "roar", "fear", "lord", "hath", and "spoken". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lion" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "For the Lord God doth nothing without..." into verse 9's "Publish it in the houses of Azotus...", so "lion" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lion" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.