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Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Amos 3

3 b Hereby the Prophet signifieth that he speaketh not of him selfe, but as God guideth and moueth him, which is ment betwene God and his Prophetes.

4 d Can any thing come without Gods prouidence?

5 e Shal his threatnings be in vayne?

6 g Doeth anie aduersitie come without Gods appointement? {Isa. 45, 7}.

6 f Shal the Prophets threaten Gods judgements and the people not be afrayed?

6 g Doeth anie aduersitie come without Gods appointment? {Isa. 45, 7}

7 h God dealeth not with the Israelites as he doeth with other people: for he euer warneth them before of his plagues by his Prophetes.

7 h God dealeth not with the Israelites as he doeth with other people: for he euer warneth them before

8 i Because the people euer murmured against the Prophetes, he sheweth that Gods Spirit moued them so to speake as thei did.

9 k He calleth the strangers, as the Philistims & Egyptians to witnesses of Gods judgements against the Israelites for their crueltie & oppression.

10 l The frute of their crueltie and theft appeareth by their great rices which they haue in their houses.

12 m When the lion hathe saciate his hungre, the shepherd findeth a legge or a tip of an eare to shewe that the shepe hathe bene woried.l

12 n Where they thoght to haue had a sure holde, and to haue bene in safetie.