Amos 3:8
The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Leo rugiet, quis non timebit ? Dominus Deus locutus est, quis non prophetabit ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- λέων ἐρεύξεται, καὶ τίς οὐ φοβηθήσεται; Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἐλάλησεν, καὶ τίς οὐ προφητεύσει;
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אַרְיֵ֥ה שָׁאָ֖ג מִ֣י לֹ֣א יִירָ֑א אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ דִּבֶּ֔ר מִ֖י לֹ֥א יִנָּבֵֽא
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament, On the words of the Gospel, Matt. v. 22, ‘Whosoever shall say to his brother, thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.’
3. Therefore, “O Lord, art Thou become our refuge.” To Thee do we betake ourselves, and with Thy help it will be well with us. For ill is it with us by ourselves. Because we have left Thee, Thou hast left us to ourselves. Be we then found in Thee, for in ourselves were we lost. “Lord, Thou art become our refuge.” Why then, brethren, should we doubt that the Lord will make us gentle, if we give up ourselves to be tamed by him? Thou hast tamed the lion which thou madest not; shall not He tame thee, who made thee? For from whence didst thou get the power to tame such savage beasts? Art thou their equal in bodily strength? By what power then hast thou been able to tame great beasts? The very beasts of burden, as they are called, are by their nature wild. For in their untamed state they are unserviceable. …