Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no [a]device in it?
Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all?
If a (A)trumpet is blown in a city, will the people not tremble?
If a (B)disaster occurs in a city, has the Lord not brought it about?
[b]Certainly the Lord [c]God does nothing
Unless He (C)reveals His secret plan
To His servants the prophets.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 3:5 Lit snare
  2. Amos 3:7 Or For
  3. Amos 3:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

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