Amos 3:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵ Does a bird fall into a snare on the ground
    without any bait in the trap?
Will a trap snap shut
    when there is nothing to catch?
⁶ And when an alarm^[a] sounds in the city,
    the people will tremble, won’t they?
If there is trouble in a city,
    the Lord has brought it about, has he not?”

⁷ “Truly the Lord God will do nothing he has mentioned
    without revealing his purposes to his servants the prophets.