Amos 3:6

⁶When the ram’s horn blows a warning, shouldn’t the people be alarmed? Does disaster come to a city unless the Lord has planned it?c

Amos 3 opens with a stunning reversal: Israel, the people God chose and rescued from Egypt, is now the people God will punish. The prophet declares that divine judgment is not random but flows from God's intimate covenant relationship with his people. Using a series of rhetorical qu