Amos 3:6 “If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calami…”

Amos 3:6

If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn’t done it?

American Standard Version

Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

Geneva Bible 1599

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?

Darby Translation

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah not have done [it]?

Young's Literal Translation

Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done [it]?

Bible in Basic English

If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?

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Cross references

“a trumpet”

Zephaniah 1:16 Jeremiah 4:5 Jeremiah 6:1 Ezekiel 33:3 Hosea 5:8

Zephaniah 1:16 · BSB

a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.

Jeremiah 4:5 · BSB

Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’

Jeremiah 6:1 · BSB

“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

Ezekiel 33:3 · BSB

and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.

Hosea 5:8 · BSB

Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!

“and the people”

2 Corinthians 5:11 Jeremiah 10:7 Jeremiah 5:22

2 Corinthians 5:11 · BSB

Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.

Jeremiah 10:7 · BSB

Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.

Jeremiah 5:22 · BSB

Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but ca…

“be afraid”

Isaiah 45:7 Isaiah 14:24–27 Genesis 50:20 Acts 2:23 Acts 4:28

Isaiah 45:7 · BSB

I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.

Isaiah 14:24–27 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

Genesis 50:20 · BSB

As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

Acts 2:23 · BSB

He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

Acts 4:28 · BSB

They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?

7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.

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