• Isaiah 45:7
    I form the light and create darkness,
    I make peace and create calamity;
    I, the LORD, do all these things.’

     
  • Amos 3:5-7
    Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it?
    Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
    If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid?
    If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it?
    Surely the Lord GOD does nothing,
    Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

     
  • Amos 4:6-12
    "Also I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities.
    And lack of bread in all your places;
    Yet you have not returned to Me,"
    Says the LORD.
    "I also withheld rain from you,
    When there were still three months to the harvest.
    I made it rain on one city,
    I withheld rain from another city.
    One part was rained upon,
    And where it did not rain the part withered.
    So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water,
    But they were not satisfied;
    Yet you have not returned to Me,"
    Says the LORD.
    "I blasted you with blight and mildew.
    When your gardens increased,
    Your vineyards,
    Your fig trees,
    And your olive trees,
    The locust devoured them;
    Yet you have not returned to Me,"
    Says the LORD.
    "I sent among you a plague after the manner of Egypt;
    Your young men I killed with a sword,
    Along with your captive horses;
    I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils;
    Yet you have not returned to Me,"
    Says the LORD.
    "I overthrew some of you,
    As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
    And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;
    Yet you have not returned to Me,"
    Says the LORD.
    "Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel;
    Because I will do this to you,
    Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!"

     
  • Leviticus 26:33
    I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.
     
  • Amos 3:2
    "You only have I known of all the families of the earth;
    Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities."

     
  • Luke 13:1-5
    There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said to them, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."
     
  • Leviticus 26:25
    And I will bring a sword against you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; when you are gathered together within your cities I will send pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
     
For more scripture references, please see Bible verses for Calamity


Resources

The Day of Israel's Calamity

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

The day of Israel's calamity looms as a grave warning. God declares in Proverbs 1:26 that He will laugh at the calamity of those who ignore His counsel, mocking when fear overtakes them. The nation has strayed far from righteousness, behaving as if there are no consequences to its actions, living spiritually, morally, and …


Power

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

In His mercy, God always warns His people of coming calamity, either through His prophets or through escalating disasters that lead to His ultimate judgment. Through Amos, God is warning our nations that devastating calamities lie just ahead, though escape from them remains possible. God was very busy sending famines, droughts, …


September 11 One Year On

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

God declares in Amos 3:2 that He holds America accountable for its iniquities, as a nation claiming closeness to Him. He questions in Amos 3:6, if calamity strikes a city, is it not true that the LORD has done it? Indeed, among a people professing nearness to God, disaster is not random. God allows calamity to occur as a call to …


Sowing and Reaping (2003)

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

In the days after 9-11, a few brave souls linked the tragedy to America's increasingly immoral lifestyle, but many of these people were shouted down.


Earthquakes in Various Places

'Prophecy Watch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Earthquakes are prophesied events of the last days. The Bible considers them to be divine warnings and signs.


The Great Wave and God

CGG Weekly by John W. Ritenbaugh

Is it not galling, indeed angering, that renowned people from the world of Christianity cannot give a forthright and true answer straight from God's Book?


Prepare to Meet Your God! (Part Three)

Article by John W. Ritenbaugh and Richard T. Ritenbaugh

God's impartial judgment is a significant factor in the book of Amos. He will execute proper judgment, true justice, on all according to their works.


Every Which Way But Up

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

In all the shouting, one kind of voice is noticeably absent - or perhaps downed out. How many commentators have troubled to retain God in their thoughts?



For more resources, please see the library topic for Calamity