Verse 8
Amos drew the final comparison with allusion to his previous illustrations. The message of judgment coming from the Lord that Amos now brought the Israelites was like the roaring of a lion. Who would not fear such a lion as the sovereign Yahweh? Indeed, how could the mouthpiece of the Lion not prophesy since Yahweh had spoken?
". . . if an untrained rustic farmer is preaching God’s Word, it means God has called him." [Note: Wiersbe, p. 349.]
The two rhetorical questions in this verse introduce the following series of oracles.
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