Amos 3:8 (GNV)

Passage

The lyon hath roared: who will not bee afraide? the Lord God hath spoken: who can but prophecie?

Nearby Context

Amos 3:6 Or shall a trumpet be blowen in the citie, and the people be not afraide? or shall there be euil in a citie, and the Lord hath not done it?

Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord God will doe nothing, but he reueileth his secrete vnto his seruantes the Prophets.

Amos 3:8 The lyon hath roared: who will not bee afraide? the Lord God hath spoken: who can but prophecie?

Amos 3:9 Proclayme in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the lande of Egypt, and saye, Assemble your selues vpon the mountaines of Samaria: so beholde the great tumultes in the middes thereof, and the oppressed in the middes thereof.

Amos 3:10 For they knowe not to doe right, sayth the Lord: they store vp violence, and robbery in their palaces.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lyon", "hath", "roared", "afraide", "lord", "spoken", and "prophecie". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lyon" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Surely the Lord God will doe nothing..." into verse 9's "Proclayme in the palaces at Ashdod and...", so "lyon" and "hath" 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 "lyon" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.