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عامُوس 3:4

span data-lang="urd" data-trans="ulb" data-ref="amo.3.1" class="versetxt"> 1 2 دُنیا کے سب گھرانوں میں سے میں نے صرف تم کو برگزیدہ کیا ہے اس لے میں تم کو تمہاری ساری بدکرداری کی سزا دُوں گا۔ 3 اگر وہ شخص باہم مُتفق نہ ہوں تو کیا اکٹھے چل سکیں گے؟۔ 4 کیا شیر جنگل میں گرجے گا جب کہ اُس کو شکار نہ ملا ہو؟ اور اگر جوان شیر نے کُچھ نہ پکڑا ہو تو کیا وہ غار میں سے اپنی آواز کو بُلند کرے گا؟۔ 5 کیا کوئی چڑیا زمین پر دام میں پھنس سکتی ہے جبکہ اُس کے لے دام ہی نہ بھچایا گیا ہو؟کیا پھندا جب تک کہ کُچھ نہ کُچھ اُس میں پھنسا نہ ہو زمین پر سے اُچھلے گا؟ ۔ 6 کیا یہ مُمکن ہے کہ شہر میں نر سنگا پُھونکا جائے اور لوگ نہ کاپنیں یا کوئی بلا شہر پر آے اور خُداون نے اُسے نہ بھیجا ہو؟۔ 7 یقینا خُداوند خُدا کچھ نہیں کرتا جب تک کہ اپنا بھید اپنے خدمت گُزار نبیوں پر پہلے آشکارانہ کرے 8 شیر ببر گرجا ہے۔ کُون نہ ڑرے گا؟خُداوند خُدا نے فرمایا ہے ۔ کون نبُوت نہ کرے گا؟۔ 9 اشدود کے قصروں میں اور مُلک مصر کے قصروں میں مُنادی کرو اور کہو سامریہ کے پہاڑوں پر جمع ہو جاو اور دیکھو اُس میں کیسا ہنگامہ اور ظُلم ہے۔ 10 11 12 13 14 15

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Lion;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Lions;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amos;   Lion;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amos;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Lion;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Nothing;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a lion: Amos 3:8, Amos 1:2, Psalms 104:21, Hosea 11:10

cry: Heb. give forth his voice

Reciprocal: Psalms 10:9 - secretly Jeremiah 2:15 - young lions Hosea 5:14 - as a lion Hosea 13:7 - General 1 Peter 5:8 - as

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey?.... He will not, unless he has it in his sight, or in his paws; he roars when he first sees it, whereby he terrifies the creature, that it cannot move till he comes up to it; and when he has got it in his paws, he roars over it, to invite others to partake with him. Now prophecy from the Lord is compared to the roaring of a lion, Amos 1:2; and this is never in a way of judgment without a cause; the sin of men, or of a nation, which makes them a prey to the wrath and fury of God;

will a young lion cry, or "give forth his voice";

out of his den, if he have taken nothing? that is, if the old lion has taken nothing, and brought nothing unto him; which signifies the same as before; unless by the young lion is meant the prophets of the Lord, who never prophesy but when they have a commission from him, and a people are pointed out to them as the just prey of his wrath and vengeance. All the images here used are very natural; the lion is for the most part in woods and forests, hence called the "lion out of the forest", Jeremiah 5:6; as he is by Theocritus d; where his voice is heard, but not unless he is in sight of his prey, or has got it, even though ever so hungry; but when he has it in view, he roars so terribly, that, as Basil e observes, many animals that could escape him through their swiftness, yet are so frightened at his roaring, that they have no power to move; and they have their dens either in caves or in thickets, where are the she lioness and the young lions, to whom the prey is brought; see Nahum 2:11.

d εκ δρυμοιο λεων, Theocrit. Idyll. 1. e In Hexaemeron, Homil. 9.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? - Then, further, each question by itself suggests its own thought. Amos had already, in repeating Joel’s words, spoken of God’s Voice, under the image of a lion roaring (Amos 1:2; Hosea 11:10 (add Hosea 5:14; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 13:7); Jeremiah 25:30). Hosea had likened Israel to “a silly dove without heat Hosea 7:11; on the other hand, he had likened God’s loud call to repentance to the roaring of the lion, the conversion of Israel to the return of the dove to its home Hosea 11:10-11. As the roaring of the lion causeth terror, for he sendeth forth his terrible roar when he is about to spring on his prey , so God threatens by His prophets, only when He is about to punish. Yet the lion’s roar is a warning to escape. God’s threatening is a warning to betake them to repentance, and so to escape from all fear, by fleeing from their sins. If the season is neglected, wilt thou rescue the prey from the lion’s grasp, or thyself from the wrath of God?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Amos 3:4. Will a lion roar — Should I threaten such a judgment without cause?


 
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