Catholic Public Domain Version
"For the Lord God does not fulfill his word, unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets. "
— Amos 3:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”
“Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets. ”
“Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.”
“Certainly the Sovereign LORD does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.”
“For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.”
“Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.”
“Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”
Will a lion roar in the forest, unless he has prey? Will the lion’s young cry out from his den, unless he has taken something?
Will a bird fall into a snare on the ground, if there is no bird-catcher? Will a snare be taken away from the ground, before it has caught something?
Will the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not become frightened? Will there be disaster in a city, which the Lord has not done?
For the Lord God does not fulfill his word, unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.
The lion will roar, who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken, who will not prophesy?
Let it be heard in the buildings of Ashdod and in the buildings of the land of Egypt, and say: Gather together across the mountains of Samaria, and see the many absurdities in its midst, and those who are suffering false accusations in its inner most places.
And they do not know how to make it right, says the Lord, storing up iniquity and plunder in their buildings.