Catholic Public Domain Version
"The lion will roar, who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken, who will not prophesy? "
— Amos 3:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?”
“The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy? ”
“The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?”
“A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The Sovereign LORD has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?”
“The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?”
“The cry of the lion is sounding; who will not have fear? The Lord God has said the word; is it possible for the prophet to keep quiet?”
“The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?”
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.
Because of these things, thus says the Lord God: The land will be encircled and squeezed together. And your strength will be drawn away from you, and your buildings will be torn apart.