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Amos 3:6Amos.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]?

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Sonne-t-on de la trompette dans une ville, Sans que le peuple soit dans l'épouvante? Arrive-t-il un malheur dans une ville, Sans que l'Eternel en soit l'auteur?

KJV

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]?

Patristic reading

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  • Suda

    Suidae lexicon

    ποτὲ μὲν ἐπὶ τῆϲ ἰδέαϲ, ποτὲ δὲ Soph. 150 Ἀποϲτόλῳ e. g. Rom. 1, 29 151 cf. Io. Chrys. PG 49, 251 e; Amos 3, 6 152 ═ P, Ba 266, 26 cf. H 153 ═ Synt. Laur. et Gud. 154 cf. Et. M. 484, 55 155 l. ═ Ambr. 127 156— ἐμπαθῆ ═ P, Ba 266, 27, Et. M. 484, 50, Bk. 268, 1 cf. H ἀνὴρ sq. Aeli…
  • Florus of Lyon

    Book against John Scotus

    ters. The prophet Amos also says, "If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?" (Amos 3:6). And the Lord Himself, through the prophet Isaiah, says, "I am the Lord, making peace and creating calamity" (Isaiah 45:7). Hence, He also threatens with certain evils,…
  • Florus of Lyon

    Book against John Scotus

    saiah 45:7). And elsewhere it is written: "If there is evil in the city, has not the Lord done it?" (Amos 3:6). And again: "Good and evil, life and death, poverty and riches, are from God" (Sirach 11:14). And therefore it must be faithfully discerned that there is one kind of evi…

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