Amos Chapter 3 verse 4 Holy Bible
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
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Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?
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Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den if he have taken nothing?
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Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
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Will a lion roar in the thicket, When he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, If he has caught nothing?
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Roar doth a lion in a forest and prey he hath none? Give out doth a young lion his voice from his habitation, If he hath not caught?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Will a lion roar, etc.? The lion roars when he has his pray in sight, and is about to spring upon it. So God makes the prophet utter his voice because he is ready to execute vengeance. The second clause expresses the same fact in different terms. The young lion (kephir) is not a whelp, but one able to provide for itself. He growls over the prey which he has in his lair. So Israel lies helpless as the words of God's threatenings strike upon him.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Lion.--The questions suggest that the prey is being seized. This is intimated by the lion's roar, the loud roar of the lion in the forest, the growl of the famished young lions in the den. Aben-Ezra thus interprets; but G. Baur thinks that Caphir distinguishes a "hunting lion" from the beast that growls in his lair. (Comp. Amos 1:2.) Amos, by his graphic representation of the terrifying threat, signifies that nations, and kingdoms, and this family of Israel, are, at the present moment, trembling in the grasp of the great Avenger.
