Amo 3:3-6 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Amos 3:3-6: 3:3-6 Amos explains his call to prophesy with a series of rhetorical questions that must be answered in the negative. But the metaphorical language carries deeper meaning than is implied in the questions themselves. 3:3 Amos’s walk with God was evidence that his message was in accord with the direction of God’s plans for Israel’s judgment.

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‏ Amos 3:3-6

Summary for Amos 3:3-6: 3:3-6 ^a Amos explains his call to prophesy with a series of rhetorical questions that must be answered in the negative. But the metaphorical language carries deeper meaning than is implied in the questions themselves. 3:3 ^b Amos’s walk with God was evidence that his message was in accord with the direction of God’s plans for Israel’s judgment.
3:4 ^c Amos’s messages have God behind them: What he says would, in fact, happen to Israel. God is the lion who roars, and he has already found his victim—the people of Israel who are ready for judgment.
3:5 ^d The trap pictures the consequences of Israel’s sin. Israel fully deserved the judgment that Amos proclaimed.
3:6 ^e disaster ... the Lord has planned: God sends both the good and pleasant, and the harmful and painful (Isa 45:7 ^f; Lam 3:38 ^g; see Deut 28 ^h; Job 2:10 ⁱ).