Amos 3:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

Is it possible for a bird to be taken in a net on the earth where no net has been put for him? will the net come up from the earth if it has taken nothing at all?

Cross References

Psalm 140:5

The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. Selah.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.

Jeremiah 31:28

And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.

Daniel 9:14

So the Lord has been watching over this evil and has made it come on us: for the Lord our God is upright in all his acts which he has done, and we have not given ear to his voice.

Amos 3:4

Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?

Amos 3:6

If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?