“Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”
For the LORD God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. This verse functions as a theological charter for prophecy itself: God acts in history only after announcing his intentions to the prophets. The word 'secret' (Hebrew sod) means the deliberative council or intimate plan — prophets are admitted to God's heavenly council (cf. 1 Kings 22; Isaiah 6; Jeremiah 23). The principle confirms that Amos speaks not from personal intuition but from divine disclosure, and that Israel has no excuse — the warning has been given through the proper channel.
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