Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth,
    when there is no trap for it?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
    when it has taken nothing?

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12 For man (A)does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and (B)like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are (C)snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

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14 (A)Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, (B)for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and (C)we have not obeyed his voice.

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28 And it shall come to pass that (A)as I have watched over them (B)to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, (C)so I will watch over them (D)to build and to plant, declares the Lord.

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