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Amo 3:6 — Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done [it]?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

a trumpet		Jer 4:5; Jer 6:1; Eze 33:3; Hsa 5:8; Zep 1:16
and the people		Jer 5:22; Jer 10:7; 2Cr 5:11
be afraid		or, run together. shall there. That is, Shall there be any evil, or calamity, (not moral evil,) inflicted on a wicked city, which does not proceed from me, as the effect of my wrath? These animated interrogatives were intended to convince the people that they had cause for alarm, as their monstrous iniquities called down the vengeance of God to punish them with these calamities. Gen 50:20; Isa 14:24-27; Isa 45:7; Act 2:23; Act 4:28

Correlating Passages

a trumpet

	Jer 4:5	Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
	Jer 6:1	O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
	Eze 33:3	If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
	Hsa 5:8	Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, [and] the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud [at] Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
	Zep 1:16	A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

and the people

	Jer 5:22	Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand [for] the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
	Jer 10:7	Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee.
	2Cr 5:11	Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

be afraid

	Gen 50:20	But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people alive.
	Isa 14:24	The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, [so] shall it stand:
	Isa 14:25	That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
	Isa 14:26	This [is] the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this [is] the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
	Isa 14:27	For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul [it]? and his hand [is] stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
	Isa 45:7	I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things].
	Act 2:23	Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
	Act 4:28	For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

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