Bible verse
Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?
Amos 3:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from Amos 3.
1 Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
2 “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
3 Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?
4 Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
5 Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?
6 If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
8 The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?
9 Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
KJV
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin [is] for him? shall [one] take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
ASV
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is set for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?
ERV
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is set for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?
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