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(Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.)

The lion has roared,
    who would not fear?(A)
The Lord God has spoken,
    who would not prophesy?

Proclaim this in the strongholds of Assyria,[a]
    in the strongholds of the land of Egypt:
“Gather on the mount of Samaria,
    and see the great disorders within it,
    the oppressions within its midst.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:9 Assyria: following the Greek version, the Hebrew text has “Ashod.” It is supposed that this was a copyist’s error: “Assyria” seems intended, in order to parallel “Egypt” in the next line.
  2. 3:9 With a keen sense of irony, Amos invites the most powerful oppressors in Israel’s memory, past and present—Egypt and Assyria—to see and marvel at the great oppression and injustice being wrought within Samaria by the people of Israel.

Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing
    without revealing his plan(A)
    to his servants the prophets.(B)

The lion(C) has roared(D)
    who will not fear?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken—
    who can but prophesy?(E)

Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod(F)
    and to the fortresses of Egypt:
“Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria;(G)
    see the great unrest within her
    and the oppression among her people.”

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