Amos 3:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Shall... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. trumpet. Hebrew. shophar.

not be afraid. not run together.

evil. calamity; as in Amos 5:13.Psalms 141:5. Feb. ra'a'. App-44. = evil: not moral evil, but evil inflicted in judgment, as in Amos 5:13.Isaiah 45:7; Jeremiah 18:11.Lamentations 3:38.

and the LORD hath not done it? With the true meaning of "evil" there is no need to do violence to the Hebrew to defend Jehovah's righteous dealings.

done. inflicted.

Amos 3:6

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?