Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground
    when no bait(A) is there?
Does a trap spring up from the ground
    if it has not caught anything?
When a trumpet(B) sounds in a city,
    do not the people tremble?
When disaster(C) comes to a city,
    has not the Lord caused it?(D)

Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing
    without revealing his plan(E)
    to his servants the prophets.(F)

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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?

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?

Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

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