“Is a trumpet
Blown in a city,
With the people not afraid?
Does disaster befall a city,
Unless Yahweh has done it?
Surely Yahweh God
Does nothing,
Without revealing
His secret
To his servants,
The prophets.
The lion has roared,
Who will not fear?
Yahweh God
Has spoken.
Who can but prophesy?”
It turns out that the cause of everything is Yahweh. If a trumpet blows in a city, the people are afraid. No disaster comes to a city, unless Yahweh had decided to make it happen. However, Yahweh God revealed his secrets to his servants, the prophets. When the lion roared, people were afraid. Thus, when Yahweh speaks, the prophets must prophesize.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 